Obituary

Taylor Hawkins is not the only drummer to meet with an early grave

The King of Spin proved himself a custodian of the game long ago, on a summer’s day in Croydon

Intellectual wits like P J O’Rourke are rare birds these days

University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne was the quintessential Englishman

Ten years on from Hitchens’s death, the past seems more foreign than ever

Tom Sutcliffe’s obituary of composer Stephen Sondheim was ill-judged and vindictive

The Heywood Hill bookseller has died

The man who made libertarianism fun

Powell’s real legacy was Barack Obama

Well loved by Commons staff and MPs alike