House of LordsObituaryThe Earl of Onslow obituaryColourful Tory peer with an instinct for making troubleWhen Michael Onslow, who has died at the age of 73, succeeded his father to become seventh Earl of Onslow in 1971, he rapidly came to the conclusion that his constitutional duty as a working peer was to be a nuisance. Though his family had been Tory for generations, it retained a liberal streak – "Whiggish", as he would have put it – which ensured that his instinct for trouble-making was not directed exclusively at Labour governments. Read More...
TelevisionObituaryAnn Lynn obituaryStage and screen actor best known for her role in the 1980s sitcom Just Good FriendsAnn Lynn, who has died aged 86, was a prolific stage and screen actor whose serious looks were more suited to television plays and crime series than the films in which she appeared in the 1950s and 60s.
However, she was best known for a comedy role later in her small-screen career, as Paul Nicholas’s mother in Just Good Friends. Read More...
I found out my father was a child molesterWhile I was growing up, I had no idea that my parents didn't love each other. I didn't notice that my dad seemed despondent, that they never spoke to one another unless they had to. They rarely yelled and, to me, everything seemed normal.
Back then, I would have said I had a great relationship with my dad. I would have said he was a geologist, even though he had flunked university three times. Read More...
