The TelegraphCIA Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian spy and star defector who revealed the sordid reality of the Ceausescus and their regime – obituary The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesPacepa spilt the beans to the CIA on Communist intelligence as well as on Ceausescu family life, a world of corruption, debauchery and viole Ion Mihai Pacepa, the former deputy chief of DIE (Departamentul...
The TelegraphPerforming Arts Ronald Pickup, Shakespearian actor who went on to find fame on the big and small screen – obituary The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesHis range of roles was vast, encompassing Beckett, O’Neill and Shaw, and at 71 he played a ladies’ man in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Ronald Pickup, who has died aged 80, emerged as a young National...
The TelegraphMilitary Air Commodore Mickey Witherow, expert in desert warfare and the defence of airfields – obituary The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesHe crossed the Sahara, fought in Aden and advised the Zambian government on how to avoid missile attacks in Lusaka Air Commodore Mickey Witherow, who has died aged 84, was one of the most influential RAF...
The TelegraphHistory Sharon Kay Penman, novelist who explored the history of medieval Britain – obituary The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesShe was noted for her book about Richard III, who she insisted was misunderstood and falsely blamed for the murder of the princes Sharon Kay Penman, the American author, who has died aged 75, wrote more...
The TelegraphAllen Ginsberg Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet who founded City Lights bookshop, epicentre of the Beat movement – obituary The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesHe published Kerouac and Ginsberg and helped to establish San Francisco as a hub of Fifties and Sixties counterculture Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who has died aged 101, was a poet who, as founder of the celebrated...
