Kevin Elyot obituary
Television scriptwriter and playwright who made his name with the smash hit tragicomedy My Night With RegThe playwright Kevin Elyot, who has died aged 62 after a long illness, is best remembered for...
View ArticleRik Mayall obituary
Comedian and actor best known for The Young Ones, The New Statesman and BottomRik Mayall, who has died suddenly aged 56, was a phenomenal and outrageous performer, a leading light of the "alternative"...
View ArticleRoger Mayne's post-war street photography in pictures
A selection of works by seminal post-war photographer Roger Mayne, who has died aged 85 Continue reading...
View ArticleLinda Jonas obituary
My mother, Linda Jonas, who has died aged 74, was proudly unconventional, despite her conservative upbringing. A passionate environmentalist, she helped rescue an endangered wood for her community.Born...
View ArticleMichael Seviour obituary
When the British Library was drawing up its wish list of interviewees for the Book Trade Lives oral history project, the industry grandees on the advisory board were unanimous in recommending Michael...
View ArticleEric Hill obituary
Author and illustrator of the bestselling Where's Spot?, the lift-the-flap picture book about a lovable puppyEric Hill, who has died aged 86, was one of those unusual and fortunate people whose first...
View ArticleLetter: The quieter side to Rik Mayall
There was another, quieter side to Rik Mayall, as I found when sharing a platform with him at a conference on broadcasting and censorship in the 1980s, at a time when the BBC had dropped, banned or cut...
View ArticleFreydis Sharland obituary
Pilot who was one of more than 160 women to fly for the wartime Air Transport AuxiliaryIn 1953 Freydis Sharland, who has died aged 93, climbed into a 430mph Hawker Tempest V, and set off from an...
View ArticleAlick Ashmore obituary
My father, Alick Ashmore, who has died aged 93, came from a family that was at the forefront of remarkable technological changes, from the era of the horse and cart to the age of particle accelerator...
View ArticleMartha Hyer obituary
Hollywood actor who specialised in playing classy, cold beauties and starred with Frank Sinatra in Some Came RunningThere was a time in the 1950s and 60s when film buffs would have known what was meant...
View ArticleLetter: Rik Mayall's racist PC in the police drama Wolcott
My abiding recollection of Rik Mayall is of his straight-acting turn as the virulently racist PC Bonham opposite George Harris as the black DC Wolcott in the 1981 ITV police drama serial of the latter...
View ArticleJoy Laurey obituary
Puppeteer behind the popular 1950s TV character Mr TurnipJoy Laurey was the creator of the puppet character Mr Turnip, a rival to Muffin the Mule for the affections of children on Saturday afternoon TV...
View ArticleDenis Mongon
My father, Denis Mongon, who has died aged 65 from cancer of the oesophagus, described himself as a besotted grandparent and disappointed football fan. As a teacher and educationist he was a force for...
View ArticleVladimir Derer obituary
Campaigner for Labour democracy whose reforms required MPs to seek reselectionVladimir Derer, who has died aged 95, was for many years one of the most influential, but least known, figures on the...
View ArticleBrian Jones obituary
Our friend Brian Jones, who has died aged 59 of pancreatic cancer, will be remembered for his commitment to learning disability nursing and for his unassuming personality.We met Brian when he worked in...
View ArticleLetter: Robyn Denny showed considerable moral courage
The obituary of Robyn Denny tells of how his period in the Royal Navy as a conscript "ended in 1951 by mutual consent when he declined to participate in any further physical activity or, indeed, to...
View ArticleLetters: Johnny Leach's legacy to today's table tennis game
Bob Pearson writes: Table tennis had the good fortune that Johnny Leach was playing during its heyday. Before the second world war, the sport was mainly played in salons and country houses by the...
View ArticleRuby Dee: a life in pictures
Ruby Dee has died aged 91. Look back at some of the most prominent moments from the actor, writer and activist's lifeContinue reading...
View ArticleFred Grayden obituary
Through the long, vexed period of hot-metal printing in London, the Guardian could rely on the rocklike qualities of Fred Grayden, deputy head and later head printer, who has died aged 91. A more...
View ArticleRoger Mayne obituary
Photographer who dedicated himself to the subject of childhood in his street scenes of the 1950sThe photographer Roger Mayne, who has died aged 85, had a highly original eye for elusive detail....
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