Articles...
Jun 16 2008
THERE was a hint of Scottish ancestry in the name of this chap, who became a prince among those roaring boys unleashed from the war to stomp, blow melodies, kiss and drink in the cellars of a free land....
Jun 13 2008
HE PLAYED with the greats and was great himself, the barrel-chested figure with the oft-sprouting whiskers, who knew applause in Liverpool, and passed an audition in front of the imperious gaze of Laurence Olivier – then gaining a mass audience when he was cast as the pirate captain of a spaceship, which went around destroying mineral-rich planets....
Jun 12 2008
THE Union Jack hangs at half-mast over the war memorial on the village green as a tribute to the Korean veteran, whose good looks the whispering girls once likened to those of Dirk Bogarde, the movie star....
Jun 11 2008
HE BELONGED to the long and noble tradition of brilliant Britons who didn’t take life seriously, except, perhaps, in their desire to see those who did take life seriously appear ridiculous....
Jun 10 2008
YOU could hardly imagine a more bitter irony. The woman, who had campaigned so bravely against violence on our streets, died at her home from multiple stab wounds....
Jun 9 2008
WAR and the weapons of war featured greatly in his life, but the man, who would be called the “father of British nuclear submarines”, was kind and considerate – the possessor of high principles and straight words, delivered with a little smile, which arose from a dry but keen sense of humour....
Jun 6 2008
HIS dark good looks and commanding presence on and off camera netted him the most luminous actress of her generation....
Jun 5 2008
HE WASN’T a man for the daylight. In fact, you wondered if, behind the cool shades, or the down-tilting brim of his hat, those dark eyes had ever seen the sun....
Jun 4 2008
HE BELONGED to the noble line of TV presenters who had the charm and style to turn a speech impediment into an advantage....
Jun 3 2008
TO YOUNG British men, boldly splashing their chips with curry, he was that French bloke with the unpronounceable name, who put girls in trousers....
