Obituaries
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Peta Levi: Founder of Design-Nation who was an imaginative and indomitable champion of British designers
Twenty-five years or so ago, British art colleges, arguably the best in Europe, if not the world, were producing skilled and original designers of furniture, ceramics, glass, lighting and textiles in increasing numbers. Surprising though it now seems, manufacturers and shops at that time were largely indifferent to such talents, and the designers who wanted to get their work out into the wider world had to go it alone. And so came about the modern phenomenon of the "designer-maker". Then, in the early Eighties, a growing bevy of eager, but widely scattered and invariably disorganised, creatives had the immeasurable luck to find themselves an imaginative, indomitable and selfless champion, Peta Levi, who was to continue to fight their corner until her death.
The Independent – May 5, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Twenty-five years or so ago, British art colleges, arguably the best in Europe, if not the world, were producing skilled and original designers of furniture, ceramics, glass, lighting and textiles in increasing numbers. Surprising though it now seems, manufacturers and shops at that time were largely indifferent to such talents, and the designers who wanted to get their work out into the wider world had to go it alone. And so came about the modern phenomenon of the "designer-maker". Then, in the early Eighties, a growing bevy of eager, but widely scattered and invariably disorganised, creatives had the immeasurable luck to find themselves an imaginative, indomitable and selfless champion, Peta Levi, who was to continue to fight their corner until her death.
The Independent – May 5, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Alvin Colt, Broadway costume designer, dies at 92AP - Alvin Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from "On the Town" to the "Forbidden Broadway" revues, has died at 92.
Yahoo! – May 5, 2008 10:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Document: Fugitive US financier dead
AP - Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the brothers of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document.
Yahoo! – May 5, 2008 7:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the brothers of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document.
Yahoo! – May 5, 2008 7:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Major David Liddell
Soldier whose attack on a machine-gun post earned him an MC and who later bred prize-winning cattle.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 5, 2008 6:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Soldier whose attack on a machine-gun post earned him an MC and who later bred prize-winning cattle.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 5, 2008 6:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Lord Holme of Cheltenham
Liberal strategist who proved a pragmatic and trusted adviser to both David Steel and Paddy Ashdown.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 5, 2008 6:38 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Liberal strategist who proved a pragmatic and trusted adviser to both David Steel and Paddy Ashdown.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 5, 2008 6:38 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mildred Loving, matriarch of interracial marriage, diesAP - Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday.
Yahoo! – May 5, 2008 1:03 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
William W. Warner, 88; book on Chesapeake Bay won a Pulitzer Prize
William W. Warner, a retired Foreign Service officer whose first book, "Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay," was a national bestseller and winner of the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, died April 18 of complications of Alzheimer's disease at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 88.
Los Angeles Times – May 5, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
William W. Warner, a retired Foreign Service officer whose first book, "Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay," was a national bestseller and winner of the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, died April 18 of complications of Alzheimer's disease at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 88.
Los Angeles Times – May 5, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Philipp von Boeselager: German officer who took part in plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler
Philipp von Boeselager was haunted for most of his life by the fact that, as a 25-year-old lieutenant, he could have killed the man he recognised as a despot and a mass murderer, Adolf Hitler, but failed to do so. The Nazi leader was at most two feet away. "Ja, ich sehe immer noch Hitler . . . vor mir gehen und denke, hättest du ihn doch erschossen." ("Yes, I still see Hitler . . . in front of me and think, you should have shot him.")
The Independent – May 4, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Philipp von Boeselager was haunted for most of his life by the fact that, as a 25-year-old lieutenant, he could have killed the man he recognised as a despot and a mass murderer, Adolf Hitler, but failed to do so. The Nazi leader was at most two feet away. "Ja, ich sehe immer noch Hitler . . . vor mir gehen und denke, hättest du ihn doch erschossen." ("Yes, I still see Hitler . . . in front of me and think, you should have shot him.")
The Independent – May 4, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo: Pragmatic prime minister of Spain
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo was Spanish prime minister for just 21 months, but his brief premiership – and Spain's fledgling democracy – would have been stifled at birth if an attempted military coup that interrupted his inauguration had succeeded.
The Independent – May 4, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo was Spanish prime minister for just 21 months, but his brief premiership – and Spain's fledgling democracy – would have been stifled at birth if an attempted military coup that interrupted his inauguration had succeeded.
The Independent – May 4, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Professor Richard D'Aeth: Exeter educationist
The death of Richard D'Aeth brings to a close a significant era in English teacher education. Appointed in 1958 by the fledgling Exeter University to be its first full Professor of Education and head of the newly established Department of Education, D'Aeth ruled with a mixture of charm and iron will over his vibrant fiefdom for nearly 20 years, until the merger with St Luke's College to form the School of Education in 1978.
The Independent – May 4, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The death of Richard D'Aeth brings to a close a significant era in English teacher education. Appointed in 1958 by the fledgling Exeter University to be its first full Professor of Education and head of the newly established Department of Education, D'Aeth ruled with a mixture of charm and iron will over his vibrant fiefdom for nearly 20 years, until the merger with St Luke's College to form the School of Education in 1978.
The Independent – May 4, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
