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<strong>Other lives:</strong> Television researcher and journalist who later in life joined the voluntary and charity sector

<strong>Other lives</strong>: Professor of French studies who wrote widely on French cinema and cultural theory

3 May, 1992 “I think you’d be hard put to dance to this,” mused John Peel...

<strong>Letters: </strong>None of his stuff is pleasant listening, but that’s rather the point, writes <strong>Simon Lawton-Smith</strong>; <strong>Meirion Bowen</strong> found him illuminating while <strong>Kay Smith</strong> was moved by a magical, mystical piece

From Spa Green to the Whittington Estate.

<strong>Other lives:</strong> Founder of Gurdwara Aid, which provides practical advice to Sikh temples in the UK

TRIBUTES have been paid to a long-serving teacher and parish councillor after he lost a brave battle with cancer. John Stonebridge was a science teacher and later head of physics at schools in Carlisle for 35 years, 10 of those at Trinity School. He also spent six years as a lecturer in Geology at Carlisle Technical College. Outside of work, he was a parish councillor for four years and, later, chairman of Burgh by Sands Parish Council for 13 years. John also enlisted in the Fourth King...

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Matthew Hepburn obituary Matthew Hepburn was a librarian at the Polytechnic of North London, where he kept alive its Astronomy Forum Matthew Hepburn was a librarian at the Polytechnic of North London, where he kept alive its Astronomy Forum SamanthaHarding Wed 13 Jan 2021 10.54 EST Last modified on Wed 13 Jan 2021 10.57 EST My friend Matthew Hepburn, who has died aged 81, was the driving force behind the Polytechnic of North London Astronomy Forum, which in its heyday attracted star speakers su...

Died: December 22, 2020 STELLA Tennant, who has died aged 50, was a model who was the first choice of dozens of leading couture houses to present their newest collections; she was one of a select few who not only excelled in a nebulous but highly visible role, but redefined it. She was unusual in having begun her career at the relatively late age of 22, and of having maintained her position at the top of the field for almost three decades. In 1996, she became the face of Chanel, replaci...