Wednesday 15 December 2021

Britain in 2021, a country awash with rogues and liars in high places, said "Farewell" to 23 honest and honourable old men, born in another century and another Britain

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The U.S.A. may have lost, but Britain made and says "Farewell" to its old and gallant, Prince of Peacekeepers, Brian Urquhart  (link)


Why has Britain failed to say "Farewell" and "Thank you" to John Bartlett, the Engineer who gave it the Dartford and Channel Tunnels and the Victoria Line in London ? (link)


Britain says "Farewell" to Owen Luder, Architect and one-time Prince of 20th Century Brutalism, who saw his once-lauded monuments destroyed before he died (link)



Britain says "Goodbye" to Edward Barnes, the Godfather of Children's Television (Link)




Britain says "Farewell" to an old iconoclast called Ken Garland who became its Legend of Graphic Design (link)
 


Britain says "Farewell" to its brilliantly versatile and richly talented TV screenwriter, Bob Baker, who breathed life into Doctor Who, Eddie Shoestring and Wallace and Gromit
(link)

Britain says "Farewell" to Colin Jones who triumphed over adversity and joined the Giants of 20th Century Photojournalists (link)

Britain says "Farewell" to its brilliant pioneer of electronic music and uncrowned 'Prince of Synth', Peter Zinovieff (link)

Britain made, but America has lost its much-loved Maestro Wig Maker, for actors of stage and screen, Paul Huntley
(link)

Britain says “Farewell” to one of its Giants of Modern Sculpture, Phillip King (link)



Britain says "Farewell" to an old iconoclast called Ken Garland who became its Legend of Graphic Design
(link)


Britain, awash with rogues and liars in high places, says "Farewell" to a Principled old Nurse and Truth Teller called Graham Pink (link)

Britain says "Farewell" to its old 'Playwright of the People and Champion of Community Theatre'
, Peter Terson (link)


Britain says "Goodbye" to an old and much loved actor called Trevor Peacock, who once told Mrs Brown "You've got a lovely daughter"
(link)


Britain says "Farewell" to Victor Ambrus, gentle 'Prince of Illustrators' who brought its past to life
(link)



Britain is a country which made and lost and now says "Farewell" to its old Prince of Backpackers, Geoff Crowther (link)




Britain once made and the world has now lost and says "Farewell" to a 'Valiant servant of Truth’, foreign correspondent, Simon Dring, সাইমন ড্রিং (link)



Britain is no longer a country for and says "Farewell" to an old  Neuroscientist who unlocked the secrets of sight, called Michael Land (link)



Britain says "Farewell" to Philip Wolmuth, Champion of the People's Photography and Chronicler of the changing face of Speakers' Corner (link)




Britain is no longer a country for and says "Farewell" to the much loved 'Prince of Architectural Photographers', Dennis Gilbert (link)


Britain's Northern Ireland is a Province which says "Farewell" to its Giant among Diplomats and 'Wee Man of Larne', called Norman Houston (link)




Britain is no longer a country for and says "Farewell" to its Brave and Brilliant, Prince of Public Health, Paul Cosford (link)




Britain says "Goodbye" to Ian Rawes, celebrated Field Recordist, Sound Archivist and Londoner, who let the City he loved do the talking (link)

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