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Jim Dow, Journalist

Jim Dow

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

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Mark Linkous, Musician

Mark Linkous

Multi-talented American musician behind Sparklehorse.

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Winston Spencer Churchill, Former journalist and MP

Winston Spencer Churchill

Grandson of Britain’s wartime leader.

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Rose Gray, Restaurateur

Rose Gray

Influential co-founder of the River Café restaurant.

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Bill Ritchie, Cartoonist

Bill Ritchie

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

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Lionel Jeffries, Actor

Lionel Jeffries

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

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Victor Winstone, Historian

Victor Winstone

Biographer of explorers and passionate political commentator.

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Statue in Hull for ‘late’ Philip Larkin

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…


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

“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…


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Dick Francis, Author

Dick Francis

Former jockey turned best-selling author.

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Dan O’Bannon, Screenwriter

Dan O'Bannon

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

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Alistair Hulett, Singer-songwriter

Alistair Hulett

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

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,…


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Peter Calvocoressi, Codebreaker

Peter Calvocoressi

Bletchley Park intelligence officer, publisher and historian.

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Sci-fi writer William Tenn dies

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…


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William Tenn, Sci-fi author

William Tenn

Writer of satirical science fiction shorts and revealing essays.

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Horace Greasley, Veteran POW

Horace Greasley

Prisoner of war who published a book on his exploits.

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The iconoclastic heritage of JD Salinger

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…


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The iconoclastic heritage of JD Salinger

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…


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JD Salinger, Author

JD Salinger

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

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