For many months before the 1995 French presidential election, Édouard Balladur, the incumbent prime minister, seemed certain of victory. Opinion…
Read More
Pauline Clayden obituary | Ballet
Pauline Clayden was one of the dancers who formed the core of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet in the decade after…
Read More
Roger Penn obituary | Sociology
My brother Roger Penn, who has died aged 77, was an inquisitive sociologist and liked to challenge convention. His influences…
Read MoreGene Bertoncini, Jazz Guitarist Who Dazzled With Subtlety, Dies at 89
He performed at the highest level for decades, sensitively backing singers like Tony Bennett and Lena Horne when not leading…
Read More
Pat Sterne obituary | Teaching
My grandmother, Pat Sterne, who has died aged 91, was a headteacher of special needs schools in Manchester and London,…
Read More
Gloria Steinem obituary | Feminism
Gloria Steinem, who has died aged 92, was a writer, community organiser, political campaigner and a charismatic feminist activist who…
Read MoreJaye P. Morgan, Hit-Making Singer and Bawdy TV Personality, Dies at 94
With a humorous stage name adapted from that of the New York financier, she made a 1950s Hit Parade splash…
Read MoreBenjamin Alire Sáenz, First Latino Writer to Win PEN/Faulkner, Dies at 71
A former Catholic priest, he later became an acclaimed author, writing more than two dozen works about life in the…
Read MoreHarald V, Norway’s King as Tradition and Modernity Collided, Dies at 89
His 35-year reign opened an ancient monarchy to marriages with so-called commoners and to an incendiary association with Jeffrey Epstein.…
Read MoreBenjamin Rosen, Who Brought Venture Capital to Tech, Dies at 93
An advocate for Apple on Wall Street, he was also a founding investor in early personal computing firms like Lotus…
Read More
