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 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...
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...