Matthew Bannister on
Lord Prescott, the working-class lad who became Deputy Prime Minister.
Stephanie Collie, whose costume designs for “Peaky Blinders” and “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” inspired street fashion.
Dame Janet “Jinty” Nelson, the leading mediaeval historian who wrote an...
Published 11/22/24
Matthew Bannister on the versatile actor Timothy West whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to soap operas. Sir Ian McKellen pays tribute.
Sir John Nott, the Conservative politician who was Defence Secretary at the time of the Falklands War.
June Spencer who played the matriarch of Ambridge, Peggy...
Published 11/15/24
Matthew Bannister on
Quincy Jones, the music producer, composer and arranger who worked with artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson.
Janey Godley, the comedian who used her challenging childhood and youth in Glasgow as material for her shows.
Lyudmila Trut, the Russian geneticist...
Published 11/08/24