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Linda Smith began writing while in Scouts and has never missed sending cards for birthdays and other holidays for the last 60 years.

The Farmington woman began writing while in Scouts and has never missed sending cards for birthdays and other holidays for the last 60 years.

Last modified on Mon 22 Feb 2021 00.21 EST Though most closely associated with the works of Benjamin Britten, the conductor Steuart Bedford, who has died aged 81 after complications from Parkinson’s disease, was able to turn his professionalism and interpretative talents to great advantage in a range of other repertory too. The operas of Mozart elicited from him an authoritative response over a number of years at Garsington Opera while it was based in Oxfordshire. Having launched his professi...

Steuart Bedford, conductor and pianist known for his work with Benjamin Britten – obituary He conducted the world premiere of Death in Venice and was artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival for 24 years Steuart Bedford Credit: Paul Mitchel 2009 Steuart Bedford, who has died aged 81, was a conductor and pianist known for his work with the composer Benjamin Britten; he made his operatic debut with Albert Herring, conducted the world premiere of Death in Venice and was artistic director of t...

Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Steuart Bedford on Aldeburgh Beach (photo: Paul Mitchell) Steuart Bedford, who conducted the world premiere and first recording of Benjamin Britten’s final opera, Death in Venice, in 1973, has died. He was 81. The grandson of the opera singer Liza Lehmann and the composer, author, miniature painter and inventor Herbert Bedford, son of the singer Lesley Duff, and brother of the composer David Bedford and singer Peter Lehmann Bedford, Steuart Bedford ...