Obituaries

Angus Wolfe Murray

Angus Wolfe Murray: From 'a beastly boarding school' to a life off-grid
Angus Wolfe Murray

A ground-breaking film director shaped by growing up in rural Scotland

Scottish political thinker/writer Tom Nairn at his home in Livingston...Picture by Stewart Attwood.

Obituary Tom Nairn turned independence from a romantic notion to a challenge to UK

Dr Roderick Macleod

Obituary: Dr Roderick Macleod was a Gael, an islander and an archetypal Highland GP

Lisa Wishart died at the age of 57.

Much-loved hospitality leader who inspired those around her: Obituary: Lisa Wishart

Bridget MacCaskill

A charismatic nature writer who followed her passions: Bridget MacCaskill obituary

John Wetten Brown died on December 16, 2022

John Wetten Brown: A true original who helped make Glasgow Garden Festival a success

Graham Millar is employment law partner at full-service law firm Gilson Gray

Agenda How firms should handle flexible working requests

Fay Weldon.Picture: Alex Baker

Fay Weldon...and a St Andrews hotel that could have been the model for Fawlty Towers

Obituary: Jim Taylor, ‘Ultimate warrior’ who resolutely faced down adversity

Obituary: Les Piggot, sprinter who competed in the Mexico and Munich Olympic Games

Obituary: Dawson Murray, outstanding painter seen by many as a latter-day Monet

Despite his achievements Professor Green remained unconventional, modest and completely uninterested in status symbols

Obituary: Prof David Green, pioneering civil engineer and vice-principal at Glasgow

Obituary: Duncan MacPhee, esteemed Highland crofting lawyer

Thomas Healy wrote about boxing and man’s relationship with dogs

Obituary: Thomas Healy, writer whose life was given order by a Doberman called Martin

The greenspace project in Glasgow’s Avenue End Road, an underperforming site with no amenity for residents transformed into an attractive, usable greenspace

Agenda Let’s not lose our environmental ambition

William McAteer, at home in the Seychelles

Obituary: William McAteer, Scots journalist who became historian of the Seychelles

Obituary: Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother

Fionna Duncan maintained her presence and her influence on younger musicians for over 60 years

Obituary Fionna Duncan, jazz singer who was admired across Europe and America

Sandy Stephen took on other interests from 1968 after running the Linthouse yard

Obituary: Sandy Stephen, last survivor of the Stephens shipbuilding dynasty

Jimmy Millar scored 178 goals for Rangers

Obituary: Jimmy Millar, free-scoring star of brilliant post-war Rangers side

Former European Ryder Cup Director Richard Hills (left) with the late Sandy Jones

From grassroots golf to head of PGA, Sandy Jones left his mark

How will Nicola Sturgeon respond to the 'two-tier' NHS minute?

Opinion Brian Wilson: Now is the time for a root and branch review of our health service

Henry Murray had been in his Honorary Consular post since 1986

Obituary: Henry Murray, Honorary Consul for Republic of Tunisia for nearly 40 years

Anna McCurley, photographed in 2004 by Lewis Segal

Obituary: Anna McCurley, ex-MP whose remarkable spirit for life defied her ill-health

The NHS is now in a near-permanent imbalance of supply and demand

Andy Maciver: The only way to save the NHS is to allow it to be changed

Dan McCafferty (middle) with, from left, Darrell Sweet, Manny Charlton, manager Derek Nicol and Pete Agnew.

Obituary: Dan McCafferty, distinctive lead singer with Scottish rock group, Nazareth

Rab Noakes, pictured at his Glasgow home by Martin Shields

Obituary: Rab Noakes, hugely influential figure in Scotland's music scene

Elizabeth Stewart at the Keith Folk Festival in 1992. (Photo by Ian MacKenzie, courtesy of the School of Scottish Studies Archives, University of Edinburgh)

Obituary: Elizabeth Stewart, singer who carried her Scots Traveller heritage overseas

Obituary: Alasdair McKee, housing activist who stayed true to his deeply-held values

Obituary: Professor Alastair Fowler, renowned expert on Renaissance literature

Obituary: Professor Alastair Fowler, renowned expert on Renaissance literature

Leslie Phillíps

Obituary: Leslie Phillips, veteran actor whose career ranged from Carry On films to serious roles on stage and screen

Dr. Ndalinoshisho Liita-Iyaloo Cairney . Picture: Pete Mauney

Agenda: How Stem learning can help the budding entrepreneur

Obituary: Dr Brian Dicks, academic whose masterful command of detail was reflected in his books on Greece

Obituary: Dr Brian Dicks, academic whose masterful command of detail was reflected in his books on Greece

Obituary Ian Jack, outstanding journalist who in taut and evocative prose recalled Britain's past

Bill McLellan, triumphant after his Powderhall Sprint victory in 1964

Obituary: Bill McLellan, top-class athlete whose 1964 Sprint triumph led to a £10,000 windfall

Fordyce Maxwell

Obituary: Fordyce Maxwell, distinguished journalist and broadcaster who combined his long career with farming

Obituary: Carmen Callil, publisher whose Virago Press transformed the literary landscape

Sir Bruce Pattullo’s leadership “ensured that the Bank treated its customers with respect, openly and honestly”

Obituary: Sir Bruce Pattullo, who greatly enhanced reputation of the Bank of Scotland

Pat Liney (left), seen here in 2014, played with Dundee and his boyhood team, St Mirren
(Picture: SNS)

Obituary: Pat Liney, goalkeeper in Dundee's First Division title-winning team in 1962

The actor was known for his roles in TV series Cracker and as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.

Obituary: Robbie Coltrane, iconic Scottish actor and giant of stage and screen

Obituary: Angela Lansbury, gifted actress whose success ranged across stage, film and television

Obituary: Angela Lansbury, gifted actress whose success ranged across stage, film and television

Obituary: Alison Brady, PA to newspaper editors who became lynchpin of The Herald operation

Obituary: Alan Wilkins, playwright and teacher

Obituary: Peter Tilbrook, conservationist and Antarctic ecology pioneer

Roger Guthrie had an encyclopaedic knowledge of his home town’s architectural heritage

Obituary: Roger Guthrie, conservationist who was famed as “the conscience of Glasgow”

Erlend Brown working on the 'Sails in St Magnus', in 1993 Picture: Alistair Peebles

Obituary: Erlend Brown, painter and print-maker who was the first curator of Orkney’s Pier Arts Centre

Norman Douglas’s innate musicality
and engaging personality shone through all his work

Obituary: Norman Douglas, choreographer whose dance-making instincts defied the passing of time

Drew Busby was affectionately known as ‘Buzz Bomb’ Picture: SNS

Obituary: Drew Busby, striker who was a firm favourite with fans of Airdrie and Hearts

Robert Clow, photographed for The Herald by Phil Rider

Obituary: Robert Clow, irrepressible driving force behind the chain of John Smith's bookshops

Obituary: Dr John Dall, esteemed pioneer in geriatric medicine

Obituary: Dr John Dall, esteemed pioneer in geriatric medicine

Queen Elizabeth replies to the President's welcoming speech in Washington, D.C.

Determined, dependable and dignified: The life and reign of Queen Elizabeth

Frank Pottinger, pictured at the Open Eye Gallery in 2013 (Trystan Davies; photo courtesy of The Edinburgh Reporter)

Obituary: Frank Pottinger, sculptor and printmaker renowned for his groundbreaking work in geometric abstraction

Obituary: Pat Walker, innovative BBC Scotland executive who devised The Beechgrove Garden