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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 household in Eaton Square, who makes the mistake of marrying a poet with no interest in the physical si...

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 mark in publishing by helping to secure the sponsorship for the original Booker prize. For nearly 50...

'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. More support please for woman in apologetic Ministry! ·        Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) w...

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.  I’d been going there regularly since the 60s when the good-natured Gaston Berlemonwas was the own...