A connoisseur of the offbeat, he interviewed the last human cannonball and wrote a superb biography of the eccentric poet RS Thomas
A connoisseur of the offbeat, he interviewed the last human cannonball and wrote a superb biography of the eccentric poet RS Thomas
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A rare rhyming puzzle from the final outing of the original Telegraph compiler - and a milestone in British crossword history
Revered at Private Eye for his mastery of the legal device known as the ‘F Off letter’, he was also a much-loved figure at the…
Ensconced in the Borders, Massie had a limitless capacity for work, his non-fiction subjects ranging from Muriel Spark to…
Taylor’s verdict on Harold Pinter (‘likely to turn out the greatest of them all’) seems to many to have been resoundingly…
BBC’s voice of snooker, who has died in Spain at the age of 79, was introduced to the former prime minister by his friend Jim…
He despised racism, fox hunting, organised religion, the Royal family, homophobia, cyclists, recycling, the BBC licence fee and…
