Charles Farthing obituary
Pioneering doctor in the treatment of HIV/Aids who convinced the Tory government of the severity of the problem in the 1980sIn the early 1980s, Charles Farthing, who has died aged 60 of a heart attack,...
View ArticleRob Rose obituary
The singer and guitarist Rob Rose, who has died of cancer aged 57, was a respected mainstay of Reading's music scene. A few weeks before his death, he was still giving performances as compelling as any...
View ArticleTatiana Samoilova obituary
Russian actor who starred in the only Soviet film to have won the Palme d'OrAt the 1958 Cannes film festival, in a competition that included films by Ingmar Bergman, Jacques Tati and Satyajit Ray, the...
View ArticleGeoffrey Mitchell obituary
My husband, Geoffrey Mitchell, who has died aged 85, was at the centre of the development of adult education in northern England. He belonged to a generation who knew that many working-class people...
View ArticleGladys Pearcey obituary
My mother, Gladys Pearcey, who has died aged 93, had a life which reflected the tumult and changes of the 20th century. She was born in Edmonton, north London, eldest of three children of Ethel (nee...
View ArticleAlan Sutcliffe obituary
My husband, Alan Sutcliffe, who has died aged 83, was a pioneer of computer arts and co-founded the Computer Arts Society in 1969. As well as being an accomplished software engineer, he spent a great...
View ArticleHR Giger obituary
Surrealist artist and set designer whose chest-bursting monster in the 1979 film Alien gained him worldwide acclaimSeveral elements were vital to the effectiveness of the 1979 horror film Alien, which...
View ArticleLetter: Antony Hopkins improvised the children's tunes on the piano
As schools officer for Granada Television in 1962, I remember Antony Hopkins being involved in the series The Art of Music. Schoolchildren with him in the studio in Manchester composed tunes, and he...
View ArticleSalt beef sandwiches, my dad and me | Jay Rayner
My father Des was always there to remind me that there are more important things than lunchIt is two days before my father's funeral, and I am sitting in a railway arch just south of Tower Bridge,...
View ArticleMalik Bendjelloul obituary
Film-maker whose Searching for Sugar Man, about the hunt for a forgotten folk musician, won an OscarThe Swedish documentary film-maker Malik Bendjelloul, who has died aged 36 after reportedly taking...
View ArticleWill Gaines obituary
Quicksilver tap dancer who could find melody and rhythm in everything from Bach to bebopWhether he was clicking his quicksilver heels to slinky jazz swing or twitchy improv, the hoofer Will Gaines took...
View ArticleBrian Roper obituary
My friend Brian Roper, who has died aged 76 of cancer, did much to provide financial support to organisations involved with the arts and social need in Bath. This he did with his wife, Margaret, after...
View ArticleAnn Stokes obituary
Inventive ceramicist with a fascination for the natural worldThe ceramic work of Ann Stokes, who has died aged 91, was prized by several generations of British artists, critics and art historians. It...
View ArticleLetters: Bob Hoskins and I slept in empty buses in a Jerusalem bus depot
Paddy Ryan writes: I met Bob Hoskins in Israel in 1965. Like me, he had landed up on a kibbutz on the edge of the Gaza Strip. Volunteering for work there was a way of getting food and shelter. Bob...
View ArticleJohn Hartley Williams obituary
Prolific poet whose work combined technical panache with extraordinary linguistic rangeHidden Identities, the first full collection from the poet John Hartley Williams, who has died aged 72 from...
View ArticleGary Becker obituary
Nobel prize-winning economist whose approach has been widely adopted across social sciencesDescribed by Milton Friedman as "the greatest social scientist who has lived and worked in the last...
View ArticleMary Stewart obituary
Author who launched romantic suspense as a new and bestselling strand of fictionThe stylish, educated novels of Mary Stewart, who has died aged 97, charmed two generations of postwar readers and...
View ArticleEli Woods obituary
Comedian in the music-hall tradition who was a stuttering stooge to the great Jimmy JamesEli Woods, who has died aged 91, was one of the last links to the great era of twice-nightly British variety...
View ArticleDenise Inge obituary
My wife, Denise Inge, who has died of cancer aged 51, was a passionate champion of Thomas Traherne. Her work on the recently discovered manuscripts of the 17th-century poet and theologian has helped...
View ArticleLetter: Bill Ash obituary
When I was an apprentice dramatist just starting off having something performed at the Soho Poly theatre, and then on BBC radio, Bill Ash was a fatherly and generous presence as literary manager, and...
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