woolybanana Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Another good man dies. Journalist and seeker after truth, particularly legal injustice.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6880739.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Now that's a name I've not heard for many, many years. Good age though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 And he had a long and successful marriage to Moira Shearer, which lasted until she died in 2006. Says quite a lot for the pair of them given the stresses of life in the public eye that bring many a celebrity down these days. Another icon gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalker Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Did you see that when he first met Moira Shearer, the ballerina, at a dance, he was instantly smitten. He summoned up the courage to ask her for a dance. She said, "Of course, but I warn you I am not very good." And apparently that was true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Lovely man, news probed and presented as it should be, urbane and gentle indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 His father was an interesting man too; Captain of HMS Rawalpindi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 [quote user="BigWalker"]Did you see that when he first met Moira Shearer, the ballerina, at a dance, he was instantly smitten. He summoned up the courage to ask her for a dance. She said, "Of course, but I warn you I am not very good." And apparently that was true. [/quote]You obviously saw the Times obit too.Speaking as someone who as done both ballet and ballroom (which is what I presume they mean by "at a dance"), the techniques are quite different - and whilst I can manage it, not being the wonderful ballet dancer that Moira Shearer was, I can see that if you have not learnt any ballroom dancing, it is not easy to pick up without being taught it - you should have seen the beginners at our class last night trying to do the quickstep - at the end of an hour of the class of a simple basic and lock step (which you do all the time in quickstep) some still had not got it - and probably never will. Still an amusing comment, and a lovely partnership as it turned out to be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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