Acclaimed chimpanzee expert and conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, who revolutionised the world’s understanding of animal behaviour, has died aged 91. The much-loved zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist championed chimpanzee protection for more than six decades, also becoming a tireless advocate of the wider natural world and the environment. As well as establishing the Jane Goodall Institutes to promote wildlife and environment conservation, she founded an environmental and humanitarian programme called Roots & Shoots, wrote books on chimps and conservation, and became the subject of more than 40 films and documentaries.
Two victims dead in Manchester synagogue attack. Occurred at 9.30 this morning in the Heaton Park area. RIP...
He used to be a regular in a boozer on Charlton Park Rd; I used to see him when we visited brother in law and his wife - the pub wasn't flash and neither was he, just a guy who drank with his mates of years. RIP Mickey!
RIP The two men killed in the attack on a synagogue in Manchester have been named as 53-year-old Adrian Daulby and 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz
One of my schools is a couple of minutes away from the Synagogue. It will be heartbreaking for the whole area.
Dame Patricia Routledge,96. I will leave it to someone else to make the obvious quip. A fine actress.
Chris Dreja, original rhythm guitarist and then bassist for The Yarbirds, has died aged 79. After The Yarbirds split, he turned down the offer of being bassist in new band (to pursue a career in photography), that band became Led Zeppelin.
Back in the early 1960s Yardbirds were one of my favourite bands. Really good documentary about them on TV a couple of weeks ago.
RIP Patricia Routledge, a talented & brilliant actress, one of the best, an absolute legend. Another part of my growing up sadly passing. No doubt she’ll be enjoying a candlelight supper in the skies. In memory of her, I would urge everyone to read these words of hers from February last year. Whether young or old, quite apt, you're bound to get something out of it. ***** "I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude. My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found. At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me. At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul. At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being. At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible. Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever. I’m writing this to tell you something simple: Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again. Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS. You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless. You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours. With love and gentleness,
