Bob Hoskins: a career in pictures
Bob Hoskins has died at the age of 71. Here we look back at the much-loved actor's career, which included parts as a violent mobster, a scurvy pirate and a certain popular plumberBob Hoskins: Xan...
View ArticleBob Hoskins on stage: tremendous as the villain, chippy as the dustman
For someone who came into theatre by accident, Bob Hoskins preserved a sort of accidental realism about his performances, even after he made his breakthrough on film in The Long Good Friday.He was a...
View ArticleActor Bob Hoskins dies aged 71 video
Actor Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia aged 71. He is best known for his roles in the films The Long Good Friday and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Hoskins announced he was retiring from acting in 2012...
View ArticleJoan Mitchell obituary
My mother, Joan Mitchell, who has died aged 93, was from 1952 a lecturer and from 1978 professor of political economy at Nottingham University. She wrote several books on economic planning and served...
View ArticleRichard Crossley obituary
My friend Richard Crossley, who has died aged 64, was the first chief executive of the National Tenant Voice. Richard led the work of the Department for Communities and Local Government on setting up...
View ArticleLetter: Helmut Koenigsberger obituary
The obituary of the historian Helmut Koenigsberger was illustrated with this 16th-century engraving by Franz Hogenberg. It captures a particularly dramatic moment in the developing relationship between...
View ArticleHans Hollein obituary
Postmodern Viennese architect who mixed forms and materials with promiscuous abandonFrom inflatable offices to volcanoes: maverick architect Hans Hollein - in picturesHans Hollein, the maverick...
View ArticleLetter: Julian Wilson obituary
During my time as rector of a group of rural parishes near Newmarket, one of our most faithful worshippers was Julian Wilson. It was always a delight to hear him read the lessons, and after the service...
View ArticleLetter: Peter Ashman obituary
I studied law with Peter Ashman at King's College London in the early 1970s. For my 21st birthday in 1973 he gave me a copy of John Stuart Mill's Three Essays on Liberty, Representative Government, the...
View ArticleWin Tin obituary
Prominent journalist and campaigner for democracy, imprisoned in BurmaHeld in Rangoon's notorious Insein prison for nearly 20 years, Win Tin was Burma's longest-serving political prisoner, and remained...
View ArticleTom Welsh obituary
Editor, trainer of journalists and authority on media lawAs a journalist, teacher and, most of all, an expert on media law, Tom Welsh, who has died aged 85 of a heart attack, championed press freedom....
View ArticleRosemary Tonks obituary
Poet and novelist who turned her back on the literary world for four decadesThe poet Rosemary Tonks, who has died aged 85, famously "disappeared" in the 1970s. The author of two poetry collections and...
View ArticleLetter: Edna Doré obituary
When, as the selector of new British films, I premièred Mike Leigh's High Hopes at the BFI's London film festival in 1988, practically the whole cast paraded on stage after the screening to answer...
View ArticleLetter: Bob Hoskins as Alf the removal man
The casting ofBob Hoskins in Pennies from Heaven owed something to the fact that every week for two years from 1975 to 1977 he was on BBC1 at Sunday teatime as Alf, the sparky removal man who had...
View ArticleLetter: Louis Smidt obituary
Louis Smidt was that rare NHS manager, one who listened to and explored new ideas and facilitated them.Our ability to create a leading service for HIV/Aids and sexually transmitted diseases at the...
View ArticleBob Hoskins appreciation: 'He was fun, likable, generous, warm and clever'
Actor and director Dexter Fletcher pays tribute to the much-loved star, who died on Wednesday, aged 71Actor and director Dexter Fletcher remembers his friend Bob Hoskins, with whom he appeared in The...
View ArticleTadeusz Róewicz obituary
Poet and dramatist haunted by the second world war and the suffering of PolandThe terrible experiences of his native Poland and of his generation were vividly expressed in the poetry and plays of...
View ArticleJohn Brunsdon obituary
My friend John Brunsdon, who has died aged 80, was a distinctly British artist best known for his bold use of colour. His strong treatment of landscape was immediately identifiable and was recognised...
View ArticleLetter: 'Margo MacDonald was always a joy to work with as a presenter'
Margo MacDonald was indeed characterised by "the warmth of her humanity" (obituary, 5 April), as I found when working with her on a couple of TV studio debate shows in the late 1980s, including Network...
View ArticleDeborah Rogers obituary
Influential literary agent behind some of the greats of modern fictionDeborah Rogers, who has died aged 76, was widely considered to be one of the most influential literary agents of her generation. A...
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