Len Deighton was a revolutionary
Too many of Britain’s espionage writers were melancholy public schoolboys – Deighton was their antidote
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What Jürgen Habermas leaves behind
His legacy is the philosophical strength to see through our dark, illiberal age
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Paul Conroy knew the importance of bearing witness
The war photographer has died aged 61
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Robert Duvall was a class act
The giant of American cinema has died aged 95
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Brigitte Bardot did not ask to be forgiven
And God Created Woman, and the trouble that followed
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Rob Reiner knew how to listen to people
Films like When Harry Met Sally and This is Spinal Tap resisted hardness or cynicism
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Goodbye Martin Parr
Serious photographs, disguised as entertainment
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The many Tom Stoppards I knew
Tom’s summer parties at the Chelsea Physic Garden were legendary
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