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Other lives

Obituaries pages traditionally describe and celebrate the lives of the great and good, the famous and infamous. There is another type of life that deserves noticing: people less in the public eye, or lives lived beyond formal recognition. To offer a piece to Other Lives, contact us here.

  • Fred Reid

    Fred Reid obituary

    Other lives: Historian at Warwick University and campaigner for visually impaired people
  • Barbara Underwood

    Barbara Underwood obituary

  • Dave Spooner

    Dave Spooner obituary

  • Roger Foss

    Roger Foss obituary

    Other lives: Journalist and theatrical historian who began his career as an actor
  • John Hallett at Trent Polytechnic in 1987

    John Hallett obituary

    Other lives: Educationist whose career at Trent Polytechnic was informed by his time teaching in west Africa
    • Sara Lemkow obituary

    • Eileen Russell obituary

    • Jim Woodward-Nutt obituary

  • Alan also worked as a sound engineer and a tour guide in Uganda

    Alan Russell obituary

  • Bill Blatch at a Sauternes tasting in 2024

    Bill Blatch obituary

  • Summer Day IV (Grunwick) by Julia Ball, painted in the late 1970s

    Julia Ball obituary

    Other lives: Art teacher and artist who painted the fens around Cambridge, as well as landscapes much further afield
  • Shireen Mahdavi Khazeni

    Shireen Mahdavi Khazeni obituary

  • Alison Oldham

    Alison Oldham obituary

  • Martin Wright

    Martin Wright obituary

    Other lives: Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform who also campaigned for better treatment of victims of crime
  • Lewis Machipisa in the BBC’s African Service newsroom

    Lewis Machipisa obituary

    Other lives: BBC World Service journalist who reported on developments in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe before relocating to London
  • Costa Gazidis

    Costa Gazidis obituary

    Other lives: Anti-apartheid doctor who fled to the UK after being imprisoned in South Africa
  • June Goodfield in her garden in Alfriston, East Sussex.

    June Goodfield obituary

    Other lives: Scientist, historian, writer and film-maker who forged a role for herself at the interface between science and society
  • June Opitz in the Northern Territory with her dingoes in the 1960s

    June Opitz obituary

    Other lives: British servicewoman who set up a motel in the remote Australian outback
  • Neil Hornick

    Neil Hornick obituary

    Other lives: Co-founder and long-serving artistic director of the Phantom Captain experimental theatre company
  • Ken Burley

    Ken Burley obituary

    Other lives: Head of planning services in Doncaster who helped blow the whistle on irregularities within the council
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