Like Kate, I had a teacher that transformed my life
My Latin teacher, Ros Jackson, propelled me on into the world through sheer force of epic, Roman will
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My Latin teacher, Ros Jackson, propelled me on into the world through sheer force of epic, Roman will
A conversation with the actor, who has died aged 98. Interview by Jasper Rees
Veteran stage and screen actor known for his roles in the Carry On films, the Doctor series and voicing the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter
The late Fr Marius Zerafa was extremely sharp, had deep foresight and unshakeable ideals
Joyce Kennedy was an actress of modest renown, who died in 1943, aged just 44, entirely unaware that an off-colour remark she had once made to a friend would inspire one of children's literature's greatest villains. 'He would make a nice fur coat,' she blithely observed of a Dalmatian puppy called Pongo, unwittingly planting the seed that would grow into the monstrous Cruella de Vil. Pongo's smitten (and offended) owner was the playwright Dodie Smith, who more than 20 years later, having never forgotten Joyce's remark, wrote her first children's book, One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Puppy...