Liffey For Shane McGowan (1957 - 2023) Broken poet, glorious mess, Penny-whistle novelist, Dublin's Boy. Bellow at the sun, serenade the...

Sinead O'Connor (1966 - 2023) Sinead O'Connor was as mighty, pure and fearless an artist as the world has seen. We saw all she was: the...

Sidney Poitier defined and defied the temper of his times with grace, dignity and unwavering intensity. Those eyes. They burned with a...

One of the finest actors this country has produced has left us. Ever since I was a boy, he has trod lightly but indelibly through my...

When people chuck about words like 'legend' or 'icon', they often do so with far too little care. But when it comes to Charlie Watts,...

I was heartbroken when I found out that Sean Lock had died. Absolutely heartbroken. Not since the passing of David Bowie have I felt so...

Dean Jones (1961 - 2020) I met Dean Jones when I was about thirteen years old. At that time, I was cricket-obsessed and a member of...

Ruth Bader Ginsberg (1933 - 2020) With the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, America has suffered an incalculable loss. The phrase 'we will...

The Fifth Beatle is no more. The world owes Sir George Martin an extraordinary debt of gratitude. If it were not for him, the musical...

Leonard Cohen, one the greatest poets of all time, has left our world. Even though he was both 82 and in increasingly poor health, this...

This...Basil's wife. This...Basil. This...slap on head. In his Manuel guise, Andrew Sachs copped more than a few blows to the head, and...

Vale, Malcolm Fraser. You were a liberal lion in its truest sense; a tireless humanitarian campaigner for dignity, decency, compassion...

Chuck Berry (1926 - 2017) Chuck Berry was a prick. It's fairly well documented. He was busted (and jailed) for tax evasion, filmed women...

Malcolm Young (1953 - 2017) Malcolm Young is arguably the most important musician this country has ever produced. Big call? Yes. But...