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Remembering Edward Mulhare, who delighted viewers with '60s sitcom 'The Ghost and Mrs. Muir' and '80s action show 'Knight Rider.'

"Even the dog is cold. ... The only similar memory we have is the 98 Ice Storm. This is nothing compared to that, but it’s still hard.”

While Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation became an iconic representation of royal pageanty, other efforts to put British sovereigns on their thrones have had their own controversial or unseemly moments.

"Even the dog is cold. ... The only similar memory we have is the 98 Ice Storm. This is nothing compared to that, but it’s still hard.”

Behind Chiang’s smile: a troubled people

Kenneth Alwyn, leading light of the British music scene noted for Friday Night is Music Night – obituary He directed many West End musicals, and recordings included a thrilling 1812 Overture featuring slowed-down gunshot instead of cannon fire Alwyn recording Kenneth Alwyn, who has died aged 95, was an orchestral conductor who appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night for 30 years; he conducted the Japanese premiere of Holst’s The Planets, accompanie...