Barry Humphries remembered by Melvyn Bragg
The broadcaster recalls a true original who immersed himself in the roles of Dame Edna and Sir Les, and was a complicated mixture of vaudeville character and private intellectual
Source: theguardian.com
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Allan Rogers, MP dubbed leader of Labour's 'yob tendency' by Private Eye – obituary
Allan Rogers, who has died aged 91, was an intelligent but truculent South Wales miner’s son who served on the Opposition front bench under his friend Neil Kinnock and then John Smith, but was too “Old Labour” for Tony Blair.
Source: yahoo.com
Roy Roebuck, journalist, barrister and Labour MP who formed Harold Wilson's 'Young Eagles' – obituary
Roy Roebuck, who has died aged 94, was a Fleet Street sub-editor who was briefly a Labour MP – and an outspoken supporter of Harold Wilson – before forsaking politics for the Bar.
Source: yahoo.com
After a hellish year, SNP is haunted by inability to gain any momentum
SHAKESPEARE said “a sad tale’s best for winter”, especially “one of sprites and goblins”.
Source: heraldscotland.com