Margaret Tynes, soprano who struggled to square her faith with ‘sex kitten’ opera roles – obituary
Duke Ellington heard her as Lady Macbeth and telephoned to introduce himself. ‘Yeah, and I’m the president of the United States,’ she said
Duke Ellington heard her as Lady Macbeth and telephoned to introduce himself. ‘Yeah, and I’m the president of the United States,’ she said
He was a solid defender on the pitch and went on to become an often inspirational, if occasionally foul-mouthed, manager
Pupils found him a gentle giant, full of mischief, and fond of stock phrases such as ‘Vile boy!’ and ‘I’m going to eat you!’
She was so good at running her contacts to ground that the (all male) British delegation to the UN once fled to the gents to try avoid her
He also performed on the Band Aid charity single, Do They Know It’s Christmas? and at Live Aid a few months later
He spent a cold night floating in a dinghy after ditching in the Channel and was the oldest surviving member of the Goldfish Club
Ambit, founded in 1959, showcased radical new writers, poets and artists, though its irreverence sometimes got it into trouble
Apart from the World Cup, he won the Championship, the Challenge Cup and the Premiership with Hull KR
Adie had great analytical gifts and when introducing the legislation in the General Synod showed the skill of an experienced advocate
They met at a variety show, and for Eric it was love at first sight: ‘He was very persistent but I took a little time to agree’
She refused to conform to political pieties, finding both developed and developing world ‘each ... as savage and implacable as the other’
As a lecturer at the International Maritime Law Institute, he enthralled his audiences with colourful lessons about the law in action
Olivier chose The Party as his last National Theatre stage role and another Griffiths hit, Comedians, was Jonathan Pryce’s breakthrough
His thoroughness with his students gave rise to the joke ‘that Igor Ozim could even teach a monkey to play the violin excellently’
‘Strong-willed, single-minded and explosive’, he later admitted his regret about demanding a transfer from Liverpool in 1974
Born into a princely family in British India, he shot a tiger aged nine and became a diplomat and chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board