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Dick Francis dies aged 89
ShareWriter Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89, his family has said. Francis, who wrote some 40 best-selling novels during his career, was also a champion jockey in the 1940s and 50s and the Queen Mother’s jockey. He was born in Lawrenny, south Wales, the son of a jockey and... »
Actor Ian Carmichael dies at home aged 89
Share Veteran British actor Ian Carmichael has died at the age of 89, his wife has said. The star of film and TV from the 1950s to the 1970s fell ill over Christmas and New Year, she added. He died peacefully on Friday at his home in the Esk Valley on the North York Moors. Ian was born... »
Blitzed Paul Delaroche artwork returning after 70 years
Share A painting by Delaroche is going back on display after being damaged in a World war II air raid and hidden away for decades. Charles I Insulted was evacuated to Scotland in 1941 after its London home was bombed. The 1836 artwork was unrolled for the first time in the summer, revealing many tears and traces... »
Hyman Bloom, a Painter of the Mystical, Is Dead at 96
ShareHyman Bloom, a mystical and reclusive painter who for a brief time in the 1940s and ’50s was regarded as a precursor to the Abstract Expressionists and one of the most significant American artists of the post-World War II era, died on Wednesday in Nashua, N.H. He was 96 and lived in Nashua. . Read More….. »
James Lord, Biographer and Memoirist, Is Dead at 86
ShareJames Lord, an intimate of Picasso and Giacometti whose biographies and memoirs provide a vivid picture of the artistic milieu of Montparnasse after World War II, died Sunday at his home in Paris. He was 86. . Read More….. . . »
Dame Vera Lynn on war experience
"Forces' Sweetheart" Dame Vera Lynn has taken to the stage nearly 70 years after the start of World War II to recount her experiences of that time. »
Chamberlain’s war diary on show
War-time leader Neville Chamberlain's diary, which marks the start of the World War II by saying "War declared", to go on display. »
Tarantino on filming in Germany
Quentin Tarantino's latest film Inglourious Basterds, a World War II story about Jewish Nazi killers, will be shown for the first time publicly in Berlin, where it was made. »
Tarantino wows premiere crowd
Director Quentin Tarantino hits the red carpet in London for the UK premiere of his World War II epic Inglourious Basterds. »
Tarantino attends UK premiere
Director Quentin Tarantino has been in London for the UK premiere of his World War II epic Inglourious Basterds. »





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