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Nicola Pagett obituary Michael Coveney © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: PA Nicola Pagett, who has died suddenly of a brain tumour aged 75, will not easily be forgotten by anyone who saw her on stage or screen over a career of 30 years. She was a glacial, beautiful presence in plays from Shaw to Pinter and she illuminated Upstairs, Downstairs on television in the early 1970s. She played Elizabeth Bellamy, the spoilt and self-absorbed daughter of the upscale Belgravia hou...

Jill Hood obituary Jill Hood collaborated with the publisher Tom Maschler to launch a literary prize to rival France’s Prix Goncourt. Photograph: Catherine Fried Jill Hood collaborated with the publisher Tom Maschler to launch a literary prize to rival France’s Prix Goncourt. Photograph: Catherine Fried MarkGuthrie Mon 22 Feb 2021 06.26 EST Last modified on Fri 26 Mar 2021 16.14 EDT My friend Jill Hood, who has died aged 81, was a family lawyer in her own firm who had previously made her ...

'Canadians don’t appear to get overexcited by anything – we went to a major hockey match, watched it as if it were a washing machine cycle'

Apologetics is about positively presenting and defending the Christian worldview, with respect to its truth and relevance (1 Peter 3:15). It really is an essential part of the Churches ministry today. I often get asked are there any women apologists or is this simply a male centred ministry. The exciting fact is that more and more women are entering this ministry and with my colleague Philip Johnson, we have set out some names that are worth exploring, together with the appropriate references. ...

Ok, just got the news of a new lockup on 16 th December. It had been expected but I was hoping it would be on Friday so I could still have lunch with my friend Pamela at the French House in Soho on Thursday. No such luck. Was planning on oysters. It was going to be my Xmas treat, but I had to kiss that one goodbye. One of the main reasons the lockdown is upsetting is because many pubs and restaurants are going to go under. Will the historic French House survive? Doubtful.  So many jobs lost. �...

Johnny Rotten with his young fans in Huddersfield Credit: Huddersfield Examiner On Christmas Day 1977, the Sex Pistols played their final UK concerts for 19-years. A festive gift for the families of striking firefighters, and for the region’s lone-parent households, the venue for this historic occasion was Ivanhoe’s, a deeply unglamorous club in the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield. As if this weren’t quite enough, the first of the band’s two sets was performed to an audience of chil...

The best directors always wanted Rosalind Knight in their casts. Photograph: Simon Annand/PA In a career stretching over seven decades, the distinctive, cut-glass character actor Rosalind Knight, who has died aged 87, renewed her TV profile with younger audiences in two quirkily original comedy sitcoms: Jonathan Harvey’s Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999-2001) and Robert Popper’s Friday Night Dinner (in the second series, 2012). She dressed down and...

Dan Perkins move in Milford will create largest Subaru dealership in New England Tom Ebersold FacebookTwitterEmail Rendering of the new location of Dan Perkins Subaru of New England, 127 Boston Post Road.Contributed MILFORD — Dan Perkins Subaru is relocating to larger quarters at the former Beard Concrete site at 127 Boston Post Road following unanimous Planning and Zoning Board approval of a special permit, site plan review, and lot consolidation for the car dealership. “The facility will,...

parallel pipeline to carry gas formerly carried by the damaged line. since the explosion pg&e has been shipping gas through the area at reduced pressure on another line under orders from the cpuc leading concerns about possible gas shortages this winter. >> we have two situations right now. line 132 is shut off about 30- yard over my shoulder. and the pressure in the other pipeline has been reduced. so what we have going into the winter months is reduced amount of gas moving through ou...

hells angels. mark sayre is live in santa clara where the officer is facing felony conspiracy charges. >> reporter: we still dont know the exact relationship between this arrested police officer and this hells angels member but today the police chief here in santa clara is speaking out on whats been a stunning development in his department. >> its a difficult day for our department for the members of our department. its a difficult day for our profession. >> reporter: santa clara pol...