Tim Worstall

In the obituary of this brave man (in the paper, not online version) his photo has as the caption: "Webb: Monty once demanded his advice for curing constipation." An interesting way to be remembered.

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I find myself agreeing with the Grauniad: Her shamelessness never became her more than in the manner of her dying.

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i’m in the uncomfortable position of thinking that we’ve lost something of a national treasure. The first time she was mentioned in the press, in May 2002, Jade Goody was described as a "pretty dental nurse, 20, from London". But 24 hours later, as she began her gobby, ignorant trajectory in the Big Brother house, [...]

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Sadly, gone.

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Sad day. Here’s the IHT’s obituary. And here’s one with perhaps less detail and more information. At one point in my teens I had several of his sketches memorized. Well, not exactly memorized, as that would imply that I had put effort into trying to remember them. It was more that the cassette tapes were [...]

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Has died. Not sure if this story will make it into the obituaries. Vignettes of VE Day: "of the Old Etonian trumpeter (and young Guards officer) Humphrey Lyttleton playing "Roll Out The Barrel" as he lurched on a handcart from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square and back followed by a long swaying line of revellers [...]

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Miles Kington’s obituary in The Times here. Sadly, that’s another one from the pub gone.

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Not all that many of us will be granted an obituary quite so identifying us as good people: He could be brusque, tendentious and dismissive, but he was also kindly, direct, and both decent and incorruptible to a degree seldom found among those of great fame. That is what Knights are supposed to be…..

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He thought inside the box.

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