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There have been many golden periods in the British postwar regional theatre – at Bristol, Nottingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham – but few so idiosyncratic, audacious…

My friend Michael Waldman, who has died aged 83, was a palaeontologist and an inspiring teacher of geology. He discovered one of the most productive and…

The serial entrepreneur Frank Strang, who has died aged 67 of oesophageal cancer, seized an unpremeditated opportunity to deliver the first licensed spaceport for vertical launches…

My friend Anne Merriman, who has died aged 90, was a pioneering doctor and founder of the Hospice Africa charity, which aims to offer “palliative care…

Just after 9.20pm, Houston time, on Monday 13 April 1970, Jim Lovell, who has died aged 97, looked out of the left side window of Odyssey,…

My former husband David Brooks, who has died aged 86, was a GP in Manchester across four decades, and a trainer of GPs in the city…

My father, Sam Ayer, who has died aged 81, dedicated his life to the care and support of vulnerable children and adults. His research made a…

My friend Len Doyal, who has died aged 80, was for many years a senior lecturer in medical ethics at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London…

Many young people start out wanting to make a difference. Sir David Nabarro, who has died aged 75, was unusual in recognising early on the power…

In the early 1990s, Naomi Stadlen was attending an event at the Freud Museum in London, where her husband, Anthony, was a research fellow, and someone…