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2 weeks ago | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Dame Evelyn Glennie, 59, is the first person to sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist, performing worldwide with great artists and orchestras, writes Peter Robertson. Born in Aberdeenshire, her hearing declined from the age of eight, making her achievements all the more remarkable. She's worked with artists include Danny Boyle (on the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics), Bjork and Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler. She was made a Dame in 2007. Divorced, she lives in Cambridgeshire.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Mark Duell |Peter Robertson
British singer and actor Mike Berry - known for his hits 'Don't You Think It's Time' and 'Sunshine Of Your Smile' - has died aged 82, his manager has confirmed. Berry was the last surviving star of the hit BBC TV sitcom Are You Being Served?, and was a regular on the original series of Worzel Gummidge. He most recently performed in a sold-out show at the Half Moon live music pub in Putney, South West London, on February 23.
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2 months ago | 
expressdigest.com | Peter Robertson
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Alas, poor Mr Tennant...star offers to bequeath his own skull for use in HamletBy PETER ROBERTSON Published: 15:51 EST, 5 March 2025 | Updated: 15:51 EST, 5 March 2025 It is an iconic scene that sees Hamlet lament the death of Yorick while holding his skull. And now Scots star David Tennant has claimed he would happily bequeath his own skull to be used in productions of the famous Shakespeare play.
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2 months ago | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Peter Robertson
It is an iconic scene that sees Hamlet lament the death of Yorick while holding his skull. And now Scots star David Tennant has claimed he would happily bequeath his own skull to be used in productions of the famous Shakespeare play. The star of TV shows such as Doctor Who and Broadchurch worked with a real skull in a 2008 staging of the play in which he starred as the Danish Prince mourning the dead court jester Yorick whose skull is exhumed.
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2 months ago | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Tony Christie is known for hits such as I Did What I Did For Maria and (Is This The Way To) Amarillo, which went to No 1 in 2005 when Peter Kay revived it for Comic Relief, writes Peter Robertson. Diagnosed with dementia in 2021, Tony's Great Farewell Tour runs from March 8 until September 18. His latest album A New Life is out on March 28. Tony, 82, lives in Staffordshire with his wife Sue, who he married in 1968. They have three children and seven grandchildren.
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2 months ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Amir Razavi |Clemmie Moodie |Peter Robertson
AS love stories go, it’s not quite Romeo And Juliet. But the marriage of late radio great Steve Wright’s “seriously ill” 94-year-old dad to his much younger carer has sparked a bitter family feud. Friends claim Richard getting hitched to Marta Juanes Martin — who is 43 years his junior — has “torn the family apart”. Steve’s younger brother Laurence is said to be particularly upset by their romance and did not attend the wedding last September.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Former athlete Lady Mary Peters, 85, won the gold medal for pentathlon for Great Britain in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, writes Peter Robertson. She also represented Northern Ireland at every Commonwealth Games between 1958 and 1974, winning two golds in pentathlon and a gold and silver in shot put. Mary worked as a teacher until deciding to pursue athletics full time. She lives in a cottage near Belfast. What did your parents teach you about money?
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
mirror.co.uk | Peter Robertson |Fran Bowden
It’s been 40 years since a supergroup of America’s biggest stars came together in a Los Angeles studio to record We Are the World - the fastest-selling US pop single in history. Inspired by Band Aid’s festive release Do They Know It’s Christmas? in the UK in December 1984, musician and activist Harry Belafonte formed USA for Africa.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Actor Duncan Preston, 78, featured in most of Victoria Wood's TV shows including Dinnerladies and Acorn Antiques, writes Peter Robertson. He also starred in the sitcom Surgical Spirit and has had roles in EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street. Last seen in the Christmas Special of All Creatures Great And Small, he will next appear in The Good Ship Murder, also on Channel 5. Divorced from actress Susan Penhaligon, Bradford-born Duncan now lives alone near Ilkley.
