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Phyllis (Phyl) McDonald: Champion of active retirement and promoter of adult education

Phyllis (Phyl) McDonald: Champion of active retirement and promoter of adult education

Beverley Martin: British singer whose nightmare marriage nearly killed her music dream

Beverley Martin: British singer whose nightmare marriage nearly killed her music dream

Sonny Rollins: ‘Genius’ saxophonist was one of the most inventive jazz musicians of his generation

Sonny Rollins: ‘Genius’ saxophonist was one of the most inventive jazz musicians of his generation

Jim McDowell obituary: Fearless Belfast journalist who took on drug dealers and paramilitaries

Jim McDowell obituary: Fearless Belfast journalist who took on drug dealers and paramilitaries

Liz Howard obituary: camogie player and pioneer for female representation in Irish sport

Liz Howard obituary: camogie player and pioneer for female representation in Irish sport

Obituary: Doris Fisher, co-founder of Gap retail empire which helped change how Americans dress

Obituary: Doris Fisher, co-founder of Gap retail empire which helped change how Americans dress



Obituary: Jamshid MirFenderesky: Iranian Renaissance man, painter and classical guitarist who made Belfast his home

Obituary: Jamshid MirFenderesky: Iranian Renaissance man, painter and classical guitarist who made Belfast his home

Art gallery he ran also became a sort of cultural and philosophical salon


Eilish Moore obituary: Singer and activist who drew people together from all walks of life

Eilish Moore obituary: Singer and activist who drew people together from all walks of life

The sister of Christy Moore and Luka Bloom rallied artists and audiences in the disparate Dublin folk scene from the 1970s onwards


Dave Hughes: One of first Irish trade unionists to openly support LGBT rights

Dave Hughes: One of first Irish trade unionists to openly support LGBT rights

He found out that women colleagues at work were getting paid less than the men, so he organised his first strike


Michael Campbell obituary: Pioneering writer and actor from Game of Thrones and Blue Lights

Michael Campbell obituary: Pioneering writer and actor from Game of Thrones and Blue Lights

He took on the stage name Michael Patrick as there already was an actor with the name Michael Campbell


Nedra Talley Ross obituary: Last of The Ronettes, 60s stars with Spanish Harlem tough-girl look

Nedra Talley Ross obituary: Last of The Ronettes, 60s stars with Spanish Harlem tough-girl look

New York singer renounced show business on leaving girl group she started with her cousins and became a born-again Christian


Desmond Morris obituary: Author of bestselling book The Naked Ape and prominent zoologist

Desmond Morris obituary: Author of bestselling book The Naked Ape and prominent zoologist

A find in the family attic in Wiltshire was the catalyst for a lifetime devoted to inquiry, in science, art and writing



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