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Camilla highlights the importance of reading

The Duchess of Cornwall has described reading as the “foundation of learning” and revealed her grandchildren “teach her things”. Camilla’s comments were made during her visit to Cornwall last week when she toured a school in her role as patron of ...

28 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Monty Python’s John Cleese joins tributes to his ‘old friend’ Barry Cryer

Monty Python star John Cleese has joined famous names from the world of comedy in paying tribute to Barry Cryer following his death aged 86. Cryer’s family said in a statement that he had died “peacefully, in good spirits and with his family ...

27 Jan 2022 at 17:25

World of comedy pays tribute to ‘inimitable gag-cannon’ Barry Cryer

Dame Esther Rantzen has joined the world of comedy in paying tribute to Barry Cryer following his death aged 86. Cryer’s family said in a statement that he had died “peacefully, in good spirits and with his family around him”. Rantzen, who ...

27 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Entertainment

Jonathan Dimbleby: Terminally ill people of sound mind should have right to die

Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby has said terminally ill people of sound mind should have a right to an assisted death, after his brother died “in a terrible physical condition” with motor neurone disease. Scupltor Nicholas Dimbleby, who is ...

21 May 2024 at 09:47

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Dame Esther Rantzen: I would like champagne and caviar before Dignitas death

Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed she would like a final dinner of caviar and champagne before her death after she signed up for an assisted dying clinic. Since being diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2023, Dame Esther has campaigned for ...

19 Feb 2024 at 12:12

Dame Esther Rantzen might not ‘live long enough’ to see assisted dying debated

Dame Esther Rantzen has said she might not “live long enough” to see assisted dying debated again in Parliament. In 2023 the 83-year-old journalist and broadcaster, who has stage four lung cancer, urged MPs to hold a debate when ...

17 Jan 2024 at 15:40

Dame Edna star Barry Humphries remembered as ‘comic genius’ after death aged 89

Australian entertainer Barry Humphries has been remembered as “a great creative artist” and “comic genius” following his death at the age of 89. During a seven-decade career, the stage and screen veteran entertained generations ...

22 Apr 2023 at 15:39

Dame Esther Rantzen hails ‘historic’ assisted dying legislation at Holyrood

Veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen has hailed “historic” assisted dying legislation that will be introduced at Holyrood on Thursday. The TV presenter, who has revealed she is considering travelling to Switzerland for an ...

28 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Campaigners for and against law change gather before assisted dying debate

Campaigners both for and against a change in the law on assisted dying are gathering outside Parliament as MPs prepare to take part in debate over a petition on the issue backed by Dame Esther Rantzen. The Childline founder ...

29 Apr 2024 at 13:37

Prue Leith: Less pearl-clutching, more serious debate needed on dying law reform

Campaigners, bereaved relatives and famous faces are due to gather outside Parliament ahead of a debate on assisted dying amid a call for “less pearl-clutching” and more constructive conversation. Broadcaster Jonathan ...

29 Apr 2024 at 07:36

Get off the fence on assisted dying issue, demands Dimbleby as MPs begin debate

Politicians must get off the fence on the issue of assisted dying, broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby has said as MPs began a lengthy debate on the law at Westminster. Campaigners both for and against legal reform ...

29 Apr 2024 at 17:09

Assisted dying: Emotional debate hears country ‘not teeming with granny killers’

Changing the law to legalise assisted dying could see people killed because they are old, an at-times emotional parliamentary debate has heard, while others rejected a picture painted of a country “teeming ...

29 Apr 2024 at 20:32

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