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Author who gave Belle & Sebastian their name

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0000

French actress and children's writer Cécile Aubry has died at the age of 81.Her best known creation was the book Belle et Sébastien, about a young boy and his mountain dog.This was of course the inspiration for the quirky indie band Belle & Sebastian...

Which was Dame Beryl’s greatest novel?

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:20:00 +0000

The sad news that the grande dame of British literature, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, died this morning aged 75 has sparked a debate on the Guardian website about which was her greatest novel.I have to agree with the first person who has commented on her Las...

Alan Plater: man of integrity

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:01:00 +0000

Tributes have been flooding in to award-winning and prolific playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater who died from cancer on Friday.He had moved to the city of Hull as a youngster and was a fervent fan of Hull City and a visiting professor at the Unive...

Controversial British artist Sebastian Horsley dies of overdose

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:49:00 +0000

British artist, writer and modern day dandy Sebastian Horsley, famed for his wild lifestyle, has died of a suspected drug overdose aged 47.His death came just days after stage play based on his memoirs – which described being raised by alcoholic pare...

Rugby ‘Superstar’ loses his battle with cancer

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:10:00 +0000

England international rugby player Andy Ripley died yesterday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer.As Mick Cleary writes in today’s Daily Telegraph, “that bald statement tells you little of the love, warmth, tears and agonies that went int...

Lady Gaga accused of insensitivity towards Cumbrian shooting victims

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Lady Gaga is no stranger to controversy and hasn’t shied away from courting it, but I doubt even she would stoop as low as exploiting yesterday’s tragedy in Cumbria as the Daily Mail suggests today.“The singer was slammed by horrified fans after ...

Art exhibition in memory of murdered student

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:20:00 +0000

The boyfriend of a student who was kicked to death for being a Goth will unveil an exhibition of his paintings to help raise awareness and cash for a foundation set up in her memory.Former Haslingden High School pupil Sophie Lancaster was a 20-year-old...

Brittany Murphy’s husband dies just five months after her

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:50:00 +0000

The screenwriting husband of Brittany Murphy has died of a heart attack, just five months after the movie star.Simon Monjack died at the couple’s home in Hollywood Hills aged 39.Brittany, star of 8 Mile and Sin City, died last December of pneumonia a...

Tenth anniversary of Sir John and Dame Barbara’s deaths

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:22:00 +0000

The distinguished British theatre actor Sir John Gielgud died on this day 10 years ago, aged 96.On the same day we also lost romance author Dame Barbara Cartland who was 98.

Prize-winning author killed in Libyan plane crash

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:07:00 +0000

One of the victims of the devastating Libyan plane crash yesterday was an award-winning Irish novelist.Bree O’Mara was one of the 103 people to die when Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 went down 900 metres short of the runway at Tripoli International Ai...

Toad in the Hull – an amphibious tribute to Larkin

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:19:00 +0000

As previously reported, the city of Hull will be inundated by a plague of toads this summer to celebrate the life of Philip Larkin.The poet’s work will be celebrated with a 10-week public art event 25 years after his death.Giant toad sculptures will ...

Truman Capote’s home up for grabs

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:03:00 +0000

A luxurious 11-bedroom townhouse in Brooklyn Heights went up for sale yesterday, a snip at $18m.The property’s claim to fame is that celebrated writer Truman Capote once lived there.The Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood author often told fri...

Influential comic book and novel illustrator Frank Frazetta dies

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:39:00 +0000

The death of pioneering sci-fi and fantasy artist Frank Frazetta at the age of 82 has been confirmed.The painter and pen-and-ink man was best known for his portrayals of iconic comic book characters including Conan the Barbarian, Tarzan and Buck Rogers...

‘Stephen was so happy on the day he died’

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:20:00 +0000

Boyzone star Stephen Gately’s husband has spoken for the first time about the singer’s shock death in October.In an interview with the Daily Mirror today Andrew Cowles says: “I do get some comfort from knowing how happy he was that day.“The nig...

‘Stephen was so happy on the day he died’

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:20:00 +0000

‘Stephen was so happy on the day he died’

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:20:00 +0000

Creator of Modesty Blaise comic strip’s finest moment

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:23:00 +0000

Peter O'Donnell, the creator of the famous comic strip and novel heroine Modesty Blaise, has died at the age of 90.While researching his tribute page, I noted that his official website included a page headed ‘The Proudest Moment Of My Career’.This ...

Bust of Richard Burton brings Liz Taylor to tears

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:23:00 +0000

Elizabeth Taylor was reduced to tears at the unveiling of a bust of her former husband at Buckingham Palace.The bust of actor Richard Burton was commission to mark 60 years of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.Taylor, who flew from LA to the g...

Leone’s ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ screenwriter dies

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:38:00 +0000

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the great Italian film-maker Sergio Leone’s death.Coincidentally yesterday we lost one of Italy’s great screenwriters who co-wrote a Leone Western classic.Furio Scarpelli, along with long-time writing partner Agenore ...

Fashion designer took cocktail of drugs before suicide, inquest told

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:28:00 +0000

An inquest has found that fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself after taking a mixture of cocaine, tranquillisers and sleeping pills on the eve of his mother’s funeral.He was overwhelmed with grief at her loss, and under pressure at work,...

Metropolitan Museum service for creator of spectacles Jeanne-Claude

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:34:00 +0000

The art world paid tribute to French conceptual artist Jeanne-Claude yesterday with a memorial service in New York where she lived.She was known for working with her husband Christo to create spectacular but temporary ‘environmental’ art works.The ...

Metropolitan Museum service for creator of spectacles Jeanne-Claude

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:34:00 +0000

Death of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning author Sillitoe

Lasting Tribute — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:52:00 +0000

Nottingham-born author, the novelist Alan Sillitoe has died aged 82.The writer, who became popular as one of the Angry Young Men of British fiction, is hailed as one of the modern literary greats.His novels included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning an...

Poet Peter Porter dies aged 81

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:51:00 +0000

News of the death of award-winning poet Peter Porter broke this afternoon on St George's Day.Somehow apt for a British poet, born in Australia who Australians often thought of as British while some Brits definitely thought him to be Australian.Among th...

Relationship advice from Hughes and Plath

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:08:00 +0000

Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath had their second encounter on “Friday the 13th of something” according to Sylvia.This grim portent is chirpily revealed by Sylvia Plath in a new CD of interviews being released by the British Library.Instead of love lett...

Boy savage who became a professional actor after ‘Lord of the Flies’

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:57:00 +0000

Peter Brook's 1963 adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies was so shocking that none of the young cast could attend its premiere because of the X certificate.The young 'actors' were given very little scripting, helping Brook bring out the cha...

Photographer famous for cheeky Tennis Girl poster dies

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:33:00 +0000

The man who took this famous photograph has died at the age of 63.Martin Elliot passed away at his home in Truro, Cornwall, following a 10-year battle with cancer. The popular poster shot, simply called Tennis Girl, was taken in 1976 and went on to sel...

First Ted Hughes award is given

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:34:00 +0000

Poet and gardener Alice Oswald has received the inaugural Ted Hughes Award for new poetry.She won the £5,000 prize for the nature collection Weeds and Wild Flowers.Founder of the award poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy said the work was “very much in th...

Daily Telegraph and Guardian gardening correspondent dies

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:25:31 +0000

A popular gardening writer in the Sunday Telegraph and Guardian newspapers has died. Elspeth Thompson passed away last Thursday (25 March) her husband Frank says. She was just 48 years old. She had been contributing her Garden Choice column to the Telegraph since 1996 and also wrote a weekly piece on the environment for Guardian [...]

Who wants to write a Keith Moon film? Roger Daltrey does!

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:25:31 +0000

Roger Daltrey believes he is the right man to co-write a long-awaited biopic of Keith Moon. The Who singer is currently searching for a writer to collaborate with him on a script about his former drummer. He told the Daily Star: “The Keith Moon film depends on someone sitting me down long enough with a [...]

No croak – sponsor a toad in memory of Philip Larkin, businesses told

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:25:30 +0000

Businesses in Hull are being asked to sponsor 100 fibreglass toads in tribute to poet Philip Larkin. The toads, in reference to a recurring motif of Larkin’s poetry, will be part of the Larkin25 celebrations at the end of this year, marking 25 years since his death. A spokesman for the Larkin25 Committee, said: “The [...]

Who wants to write a Keith Moon film? Roger Daltrey does!

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:09:00 +0000

Roger Daltrey believes he is the right man to co-write a long-awaited biopic of Keith Moon.The Who singer is currently searching for a writer to collaborate with him on a script about his former drummer.He told the Daily Star: “The Keith Moon film de...

Daily Telegraph and Guardian gardening correspondent dies

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:33:00 +0000

A popular gardening writer in the Sunday Telegraph and Guardian newspapers has died.Elspeth Thompson passed away last Thursday (25 March) her husband Frank says. She was just 48 years old.She had been contributing her Garden Choice column to the Telegr...

Elspeth Thompson, Gardening writer

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:21:21 +0000

Daily Telegraph and Guardian gardening correspondent.

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The photography of Jim Marshall

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:34:00 +0000

Work had to wait for half an hour this morning as I was distracted by the work of photographer Jim Marshall.The likes of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix were among those captured by Marshall’s lens and his gallery proves very di...

Jim Marshall, Photographer

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:33:40 +0000

Responsible for some of the most famous pictures of rock stars.

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John Hicklenton, Comic book artist

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:57:30 +0000

Drawer of grotesque comic book images and campaigner for MS victims.

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Judge Dread comic artist ends life at Dignitas clinic

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:56:00 +0000

The comic book artist John Hicklenton – known for his grotesque figures in the magazines 2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine and Nemesis The Warlock – has committed assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland.He has been struggling with multip...

Ted Hughes for Poet’s Corner honour

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:27:00 +0000

The great poet Ted Hughes is to be honoured with a memorial in Westminster Abbey’s famous ‘Poet’s Corner’.A memorial to the former Poet Laureate will placed in the Abbey’s south South Transept (pictured) alongside the remains of the likes of ...

No croak – sponsor a toad in memory of Philip Larkin, businesses told

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:42:00 +0000

Businesses in Hull are being asked to sponsor 100 fibreglass toads in tribute to poet Philip Larkin.The toads, in reference to a recurring motif of Larkin’s poetry, will be part of the Larkin25 celebrations at the end of this year, marking 25 years s...

No croak – sponsor a toad in memory of Philip Larkin, businesses told

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:42:00 +0000

Businesses in Hull are being asked to sponsor 100 fibreglass toads in tribute to poet Philip Larkin.The toads, in reference to a recurring motif of Larkin’s poetry, will be part of the Larkin25 celebrations at the end of this year, marking 25 years s...

Unsung heroes of British music celebrated

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:56:00 +0000

Two figures on the fringes of British pop and rock music have died this week and we are remembering them on Lasting Tribute.Lesley Duncan (pictured) was a folk singer and songwriter who penned a duet for Elton John and sang with him in 1970. She also w...

Lesley Duncan, Singer-songwriter

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:45:45 +0000

Singer who collaborated with Elton John, Pink Floyd and the Alan Parsons Project.

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Carol Clerk, Music journalist

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:15:40 +0000

‘Tough as nails’ journalist and rock music writer.

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Jim Dow, Journalist

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:31:18 +0000

Journalist who came out of Africa to work at Scottish daily.

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Mark Linkous, Musician

Lasting Tribute — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:49:48 +0000

Multi-talented American musician behind Sparklehorse.

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Winston Spencer Churchill, Former journalist and MP

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:11:12 +0000

Grandson of Britain's wartime leader.

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Rose Gray, Restaurateur

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:56:23 +0000

Influential co-founder of the River Café restaurant.

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Bill Ritchie, Cartoonist

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:18:03 +0000

Comic strip illustrator at ‘Beezer’ and ‘The Beano’.

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Lionel Jeffries, Actor

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:28:55 +0000

Character actor and director of the film classic ‘The Railway Children’.

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Victor Winstone, Historian

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:36:59 +0000

Biographer of explorers and passionate political commentator.

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Statue in Hull for ‘late’ Philip Larkin

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:54:00 +0000

A sculptor has spoken of his delight at being chosen to create a bronze statue in honour of the poet Philip Larkin.Sculptor Martin Jennings will create the 7ft tribute in Hull as part of Larkin25 – a series of events to mark the 25th anniversary of h...

Statue in Hull for ‘late’ Philip Larkin

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:54:00 +0000

Martin Amis: ‘I’m not turning into Kingsley. I’m already Kingsley.’

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:02:00 +0000

“I am the only hereditary novelist in the anglophone literary corpus,” claims Martin Amis as he muses on the press’s apparent surprise that he should come to resemble his father, the late Sir Kingsley Amis.He goes on to wonder why newspaper conti...

Dick Francis, Author

Lasting Tribute — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:41:14 +0000

Former jockey turned best-selling author.

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Fashion designer Alexander McQueen ‘commits suicide’

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:06:00 +0000

The fashion world is reeling with the news that top British designer Alexander McQueen has reportedly committed suicide.The 40-year-old committed suicide just three years after his close friend and mentor, Isabella Blow - who plucked him from obscurity...

Dan O’Bannon, Screenwriter

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:11:04 +0000

Writer behind ‘Alien’ and other seminal sci-fi films.

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Alistair Hulett, Singer-songwriter

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:49:43 +0000

Politically forthright Scot who fronted Australian folk-punk band Roaring Jack.

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Gormenghast book finished by Mervyn Peake’s widow finally to be published

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:59:00 +0000

Random House have won the rights to publish the fourth book in the Gormenghast series of fantasy novels.The classic gothic series was left unfinished at three volumes when Mervyn Peake (pictured) died in 1968.His wife Maeve Gilmore completed book four,...

Peter Calvocoressi, Codebreaker

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:54:25 +0000

Bletchley Park intelligence officer, publisher and historian.

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Sci-fi writer William Tenn dies

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:55:00 +0000

Acclaimed science fiction satirist William Tenn, real name Philip Klass, has died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of 89.He was a regular contributor to short story magazines with subversive takes on standard science fiction subjects. He also pu...

William Tenn, Sci-fi author

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:15:43 +0000

Writer of satirical science fiction shorts and revealing essays.

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Horace Greasley, Veteran POW

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:19:31 +0000

Prisoner of war who published a book on his exploits.

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The iconoclastic heritage of JD Salinger

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:56:00 +0000

On Lasting Tribute I often have to write about the deaths of my literary heroes, and today I have the sad duty to report on the passing of JD Salinger.Best known sole novel The Catcher in the Rye but also a fantastic short story writer, Salinger is one...

JD Salinger, Author

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:33:25 +0000

Reclusive writer of the classic ‘The Catcher in the Rye’.

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Louis Auchincloss, Author

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:18:01 +0000

Prolific American writer and Wall Street lawyer.

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New short from the pen of Julian Barnes features close encounter with John Updike

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:58:00 +0000

The award-winning British author Julian Barnes has paid an unusual tribute to the late John Updike in a new short story.‘Sleeping With John Updike’ is published in the Guardian today, the anniversary of his death.It features two authors reflecting ...

‘Love Story’ writer Erich Segal has died

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:36:00 +0000

The author of Love Story, a popular novel turned into the hit film of the same name, has died aged 72.Erich Segal’s most popular work, about love and bereavement, was written when he was 32.The book was an international success and became the bestsel...

Remembering the life of ‘Spenser: For Hire’ creator Robert B Parker

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:10:00 +0000

Award-winning crime writer Robert B Parker has died at the age of 77.The award-winning author began his career while teaching at Northeastern University, creating the Spenser: For Hire series of novels which inspired a TV show of the same name.Pay trib...

Kate McGarrigle, Folk singer

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:36:11 +0000

Singer of melancholic folk ballads with popular appeal.

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Robert B Parker, Author

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:33:47 +0000

Man behind ‘Spenser’ crime series.

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Erich Segal, Writer

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:15:04 +0000

Academic who penned ‘Love Story’ and the screenplay for ‘Yellow Submarine’.

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Bobby Charles, Singer-songwriter

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:28:51 +0000

Man behind ‘See You Later Alligator’.

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Heroine and preserver of Anne Frank’s Holocaust diary passes away

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:19:00 +0000

Anyone who has read and been affected by Anne Frank's famous diary will be sad to learn that one of the book's 'heroes' has died.Miep Gies was one of Otto Frank's employees when the Jewish family went into hiding in the secret annexe in the factory bui...

La Sérendipité de Eric Rohmer

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:33:00 +0000

I first encountered the work of French film director Eric Rohmer (who has died aged 89) by complete accident.A few years ago I ordered the Billy Wilder film Love in the Afternoon (1957), starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier, throu...

La Sérendipité de Eric Rohmer

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:33:00 +0000

Eric Rohmer, Director

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:44:20 +0000

Acclaimed French film-maker who focused on 'thoughts not actions'.

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Kenneth Noland, Abstract artist

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:20:35 +0000

Pioneer of the colour field movement who explored possibilities of shape and contrast.

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Hywel Teifi Edwards, Historian

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:34:26 +0000

Welsh historian who breathed new life into his native culture.

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John Berry, Illustrator

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:24:52 +0000

Artist for Ladybird books.

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John Cushnie, Broadcaster and gardener

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:06:20 +0000

Witty expert on BBC’s ‘Gardeners’ Question Time’.

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Robin Wood, Film critic

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:51:53 +0000

Gay film critic who used psychological and political theory in seminal texts.

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Punk legend Strummer remembered with compilation album, artwork and tribute gig

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:50:00 +0000

The seventh anniversary of Joe Strummer's death (is it really that long ago!) will be marked tomorrow with the release of an album of material by new unsigned bands and a Christmas card designed by Strummer himself.Both are being brought out by Strumme...

Pat Keysell, Mime artist

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:10:17 +0000

Best-known as co-presenter of classic children’s BBC programme ‘Vision On’.

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Sassoon’s war poetry saved for the nation

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:07:00 +0000

The war poetry of Siegfried Sassoon has been saved for the nation thanks to a £1.25m fundraising campaign.The archive of one of the greatest First World War poets has been bought by Cambridge University.It launched its bid to buy the archive from the ...

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Lasting Tribute — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:21:00 +0000

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Susan Morgan, Author

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:57:41 +0000

Chick lit pioneer who penned 45 popular novels as Zoe Barnes and Sue Dyson.

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JG Ballard missed so much by daughter

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:05:00 +0000

The Guardian newspaper is taking a looking back at some of the great figures to feature in its obituary pages over the past year.Today the pioneering author JG Ballard is remembered by his daughter Bea.“Dear Daddy,” she writes, “to the world you ...

Michael Edwards, Artist

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:25:12 +0000

Award-winning specialist in seascapes.

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Aaron Schroeder, Songwriter

Lasting Tribute — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:55:27 +0000

Writer, producer and publisher of hundreds of classic American pop tunes.

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In memory of Eric Woolfson, the anonymous half of the Alan Parsons Project

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:34:00 +0000

It was called The Alan Parsons Project, but perhaps more appropriately they should have been known as the Parsons and Woolfson Project.A bit more of a mouthful, perhaps, but it would have reflected the contribution made to the conceptual prog rock outf...

Eric Woolfson, Musician

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:16:21 +0000

Songwriter at creative centre of The Alan Parsons Project.

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Robert Holdstock, Fantasy author

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:34:17 +0000

Known for dark but literary stories examining myths and dream worlds.

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Eric Boswell, Songwriter

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:30:35 +0000

Sunderland-born composer who penned the Christmas favourite Little Donkey.

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Geoffrey Moorhouse, Journalist

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:12:07 +0000

Guardian writer who went into books.

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Late authors up for Costa book awards

Lasting Tribute — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:33:00 +0000

The Costa Book Awards could announce its first posthumous winner when it’s £5000 prizes are awarded in January.Included on the shortlists for the Costa awards (formerly known as the Whitbread Prize) are two writers who died before seeing their final...

Is Sarkozy ‘point-scoring’ with Camus honour?

Lasting Tribute — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:56:00 +0000

French president Nicolas Sarkozy is being accused of trying to cash in on the liberal reputation of Albert Camus with his plans to honour the influential writer.If Sarkozy gets his wish, Camus’ remains would be relocated to Paris’ Panthéon where t...

Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, Artist

Lasting Tribute — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:43:42 +0000

Co-creator of spectacular artworks including the ‘Wrapped Reichstag’ and Central Park’s ‘Gates’.

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Elizabeth Innes-Smith, Writer

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:52:54 +0000

Former fashion and beauty editor of Woman magazine who also worked tirelessly for good causes.

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Nick Waterlow, Art curator

Lasting Tribute — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:52:25 +0000

British-born authority at the centre of Australian art community.

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