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Geoffrey Davies obituary | Television

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TelevisionObituaryGeoffrey Davies obituaryActor best known for playing the suave Dr Dick Stuart-Clark in the ITV Doctor comedy seriesGeoffrey Davies, who has died aged 84, was a familiar face on television playing the upper-crust, silver-tongued Dr Dick Stuart-Clark in a string of ITV medical sitcoms based on Richard Gordon’s Doctor books. The actor, whose character has nurses swooning over him, was described by a critic as “blond with good-natured blue eyes and the sort of indolent good looks that suggest cricket matches and tea on the lawn”. Read More...

Isle of Man school got death threats after false sex education reports | Isle of Man

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Isle of Man This article is more than 9 months oldIsle of Man school got death threats after false sex education reportsThis article is more than 9 months oldStaff received ‘tirade of abuse’ after inaccurate news reports about drag queen teaching sex education Teachers at a school on the Isle of Man have faced death threats over false reports that children had been left “traumatised” by inappropriate and graphic sex education taught by a drag queen, the island’s government has said. Read More...

JJ Gonson's best photograph: a smile from Elliott Smith

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Elliott Smith on vacation, 1994. Photograph: JJ GonsonElliott Smith on vacation, 1994. Photograph: JJ GonsonMy best shotPhotography‘There was this cult of personality around him – the dark, tortured figure – but this shows the tip of the hat, the sideways glance: that’s the actual person’ In 1985, I was in line at a Hüsker Dü concert and started talking to this guy who had started a fanzine. I had no idea what a fanzine was but I loved music and saw an opportunity to go to shows for free. Read More...