在 1958, shortly after returning to Britain from studying in Paris, the flautist William Bennett received a phone call: “Get to the Festival Hall as quick as you can. Sir Thomas Beecham is doing Richard Strauss’s Ein ...
John Young, who has died unexpectedly aged 62, had his first puzzle published in the Guardian in 1984. He set as Shed for this paper and as Dogberry in the Financial Times. His clues were always conspicuously fair and...
在 1971, facing tax problems and an uncertain future, the Rolling Stones decamped to Villa Nellcôte on the Côte d’Azur, where they partied with various celebrities, musicians, girlfriends, wives, kids, 动物, drug-d...
Klaus Schulze, 死了 74 after suffering from renal disease, released more than 60 albums in his lifetime. He was often the recipient of such accolades as the godfather of techno music, was considered part ...
Long before the arrival of LinkedIn, when recruitment via virtual means became a reality, Vanessa Denza, 死了 84, was synonymous with placing UK fashion talent into prime positions in the global fashion i...
Gavin Millar, 死了 84 from a brain tumour, was a leading light of television arts journalism of the 1960s and 70s before going on to direct work by Alan Bennett, Dennis Potter and Victoria Wood.
His riche...
Nothing on earth is quite as depressing as the moment a celebrity starts getting into NFTs. There you’ll be, quite happy following them on social media when, bang, up pops a sub-Banksy cartoon of a monkey in a wig and...
My brother, Michael Baker, 死了 71 after a long illness, was one of the most popular and influential figures on the Welsh drama scene. He played a significant role in shaping the Welsh theatre landscape i...