StageObituaryPatti Love obituaryActor best known for her stage work and acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Barnes in the title role of David Edgar’s 1978 play
Patti Love, who has died aged 75, was an actor of supreme talent and individuality who graced seasons at the Glasgow Citizens, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
She appeared regularly on television from 1971, in such popular series as Boon and Casualty and a fine 1994 adaptation of Middlemarch, in which she played Mrs Plymdale. Read More...
Clannad in 1982. Pádraig Duggan is second from right. Photograph: McCarthy/Getty ImagesClannad in 1982. Pádraig Duggan is second from right. Photograph: McCarthy/Getty ImagesFolk musicObituaryPádraig Duggan obituaryMusician who was a founder member of Clannad and helped to bring Irish folk music to a wider audience
Pádraig Duggan, who has died aged 67 after suffering from a recurring illness, was a founder member of the Irish folk band Clannad, whose ethereal singing in Gaelic was brought to a wider audience when they sang the theme music for the Yorkshire Television series Harry’s Game in 1982. Read More...
Book of the dayHistory booksReviewBeard’s study of the Romans is as scholarly as it is hugely readableRome’s earliest history is lost within the mists and myths of time. Even the traditional date of the founding of the city was decided upon many centuries later, by Cicero’s great friend, Atticus. He narrowed things down using a chronological treatise to the third year of the sixth cycle of the Olympic Games: 753BC. And the fall of Rome is almost as difficult to place. Read More...