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Robin Herbert, who has died aged 89, was a dendrologist and City financier who helped to transform the fortunes of the Royal Horticultural Society and who left a splendid natural legacy in his own Welsh woodlands and gardens.
Senior members of august institution fear being sidelined under ‘progressive’ president Bernardine Evaristo
Baroness O’Cathain, businesswoman criticised for her authoritarian style at the Barbican – obituary She improved the arts centre’s finances but lost the confidence of colleagues. Later on, in the Lords, she defended the traditional family 28 April 2021 • 11:52am Detta O'Cathain (1993): her apparent contempt for the ‘whinges’ of people she referred to as ‘arty-farty types’ was bound to raise hackles Credit: UPPA/Photoshot Baroness O'Cathain, who has died aged 83, was a forthright businesswoman who endured a torrid time as managing director of the Barbican arts and conference c...