Vincent Marks, who has died aged 93, was a world expert in insulin and hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar). In 1985, his expert opinion helped to acquit Claus von Bülow of attempted murder,... Read more »
The educationist Myra Barrs, who has died aged 83 of cancer, influenced a generation of primary and secondary English teachers in the UK and internationally. A fierce advocate for children’s access to... Read more »
There was something grand, large, embracing about the actor Joss Ackland, who has died aged 95. He was a fixture in British films for several decades and a stalwart of the Old... Read more »
My wife, Sarah Guthrie, who has died aged 80, was involved in setting up a pioneering lunchtime theatre project in the 1960s before home educating our four daughters and establishing an organisation... Read more »
It is widely accepted that most writers, most playwrights, write about bits of themselves. But few go so far as Tom Kempinski. For some years, Kempinski, who has died aged 85, was... Read more »
In 1936, Geoffrey and Olive Holland moved to a house they had had built for themselves near Reigate in Surrey. It was, as their daughter, Angela, would recall, mentioned in Pevsner’s county... Read more »
The reggae pioneer and record producer Jah Shaka, who has died suddenly in his late 60s, was a giant of the British sound system scene. In a career that lasted more than... Read more »
My mother, Joy Fleischmann, who has died aged 93, spent many years working as an assistant to her husband, the Hungarian-born sculptor Arthur Fleischmann, before branching out as an artist herself after... Read more »
My fellow medievalist Christopher Allmand, who has died aged 86, was a historian of the hundred years conflict, particularly throughout and after the reign of Henry V, to which Christopher devoted a... Read more »
My mom, Alison Selford, who has died aged 102, was a journalist and creator who started her profession writing for the leftwing Each day Employee newspaper earlier than being cured, as she... Read more »