My dad, Alan Smith, who has died after a heart attack aged 81, was an artist, designer and bon vivant at the heart of the “swinging London” scene of the 1960s, before... Read more »
My friend and colleague Alastair Putt, who has died aged 39, was a highly accomplished and respected composer, singer and guitarist. He performed internationally with many leading vocal ensembles, and his compositions... Read more »
When he was aged six, Sam Webb accompanied his father to the grounds of the Tate gallery in London, to see an exhibition of prototype factory-built homes that gleamed with promise for... Read more »
If it had not been for Tony Hunt’s formidable skills as a structural engineer, the story of British architecture over the past half-century, from the refined elegance of the steel-and-glass temple that... Read more »
Like many of the Windrush generation, my mother, Etta Khwaja, who has died aged 88, went to Britain to train to be a nurse. She became a deputy headteacher and a long-serving... Read more »
My father, Nicholas Wheeler Robinson, who has died aged 85, was a teacher and headteacher who, after taking early retirement in his early 50s, organised and provided space for musical and artistic... Read more »
My friend and former boss Bob Thomas, who has died aged 83, was an innovative figure in the UK freight and parcels industry who in 1971 bought a 75% share in the... Read more »
My father, John Marston, who has died aged 87, was a dynamic and inspiring businessman, civil engineer, adventuring sailor and longstanding educational governor. His drive was always to find ways for individuals... Read more »
My former colleague Denis Lawton, who has died aged 91, had a 40-year career at the Institute of Education in London, where he established its department of curriculum studies. Eventually he became... Read more »
My friend Jimmy Fox, who has died aged 86, had a long and influential career with Magnum Photos. He worked as an archivist, editor and curator with some of the 20th century’s... Read more »
