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Australian comedian and actor was a passionate champion of museums, libraries and the visual arts, and a collector of late 19th-century artists and authors
In 1992, Australian entertainer, Barry Humphries, was in Melbourne to promote his autobiography, ‘More Please’. He talked to The Age’s Larry Shwartz about his mother, the cringe and why he wrote that book.
I went to Hilary Mantel’s memorial service at Southwark Cathedral last week. Sir Mark Rylance and Ben Miles, who both played her hero Thomas Cromwell, did readings and there were memories from her friends and family. Two things emerged: Mantel the feminist and Mantel the muse. They are the same thing: women writers loved her because she showed us the possibilities of art, and the importance of manners. (She had great manners). Thankfully, the priest didn’t stay on long: Mantel and the patriarchy are at odds, and, genial though he was, I scowled at him.
Barry Humphries dies at 89 - Dame Edna creator had been in hospital after hip surgery complications
Through a career spanning seven decades, Barry Humphries emerged as a creative genius and one of the world’s greatest comics.