Obituary

An icon’s death marks the end of the era of brilliant individuals who lived like deities

The actor, activist and icon didn't care what anyone thought of her. That was both her greatest strength and her fatal flaw

Robert Redford’s death reminds us of his effortless greatness - and that the age of the Hollywood giant is itself fading into history

Her association with the Rolling Stones meant she was dismissed as a ‘muse’ – but she overcame misogyny and drug addiction to become an experimental artist of rare breadth

The biggest-selling Portuguese music artist in history was instrumental in popularising the fado genre worldwide

The late Sven-Göran Eriksson faced scepticism and downright xenophobia from the British press but always remained a true gentleman of football

The Kinnock family and the Labour party have lost a matriarch

Martin Amis once confided his belief that his literary legacy would not last long. It was one of the rare occasions that he was wrong

One of TNE’s co-owners, he was a tireless campaigner

Few journalists symbolised the BBC in its relatively recent glory days like him

If he'd only made Das Boot, a place in the movie pantheon would still be his. But there was so much more to the man who became the ideal studio director

The many chapters in the career of Shirley Williams tell the story of post-war Britain For all her recent reputation as a well-loved grandmother of British politics, Shirley Williams was not unfamiliar with its sharper edges. At a 1959 rally in support of independence for Nyasaland (later Malawi) at the Royal Albert Hall, racist hecklers […]

Shirley Williams, the former Labour cabinet minister who broke away from the party to form the SDP, has died aged 90. In a statement Lib Dem leader Ed Davey paid tribute to Baroness Williams of Crosby as a “true trailblazer” who had inspired millions. As a Labour minister, Lady Williams, served in the governments of […]