Philip French - d. October 27th 2015

Such acuteness of vision

- you saw more

in the dappled dark

of a private screening

than I could ever see

in daylight’s

broad cinemascope.

Read about Philip French here

Maureen O'Hara - d. October 25th 2015

So many perfect frames
- your skyblown veil,
you in that field, eyes 
brimful of the Duke. 
You were always 
the greater part of a miracle

Read about Maureen O'Hara here

Peter Baldwin - d. October 23rd 2015

Whether we play ourselves
or against type, some of us 
must take your role; little 
Englander, little islander, little 
beyond a diverting shadow.

Read about Peter Baldwin

Gordon Honeycombe - d. October 9th 2015

...the picture shifts

from 405 lines

to 625; from black 

and white to black,

the newscaster

becomes the story.

Read about Gordon Honeycombe here

Denis Healey - d. October 3rd 2015

You were Labour

as in 'workers',
Socialist

as in 'principled',

old school

with no need of a tie.

Read about Denis Healey here

Jackie Collins - d. September 19th 2015

Bring me shoes, a Benz,

a boob job. Dial me 

a mogul, a bastard, 

a stud. I'll write you

a bitch, shallow/deep as

a Bel Air swimming pool.

Read about Jackie Collins here

Brian Sewell - d. September 19th 2015

Death, unutterably...vulgar,
was just the prolegomenon
to an ethereal afterlife, 
exquisite,  
ineffably...recherché.

Read about Brian Sewell here

Judy Carne - d. September 3rd 2015

I saw a girl.
Where did you see the girl?
In beautiful downtown Burbank.
What kind of girl?
An It Girl,
a sock-it-to-me girl. 
Which girl? 
That girl.

Read about Judy Carne here

Rico Rodriguez - d. September 4th 2015

An alpha man

among Alpha Boys;

hornsman,

don't ever stop

your messing around.

Read about Rico Rodriguez here

Joy Beverley - d. August 31st 2015

O glamorous sister,

your post-war lustre,

from cat's whisker

to humming transistor,

now fades to a whisper.

Read about Joy Beverley and her sisters here

Wes Craven - d. August 30th 2015

It was hard to tell 

where your movie ended

and deadly reality began,

but an invitation to Hell

has surely been extended

by your biggest fan.

Read about Wes Craven here

Stephen Lewis - d. August 12th 2015

In the decade

of our unmanning,

that difficult age,

the role you essayed

was a study in hamming

and impotent rage.

Read about Stephen Lewis here.

David Nobbs - d. August 9th 2015

Eleven minutes late;

escaped satire on the line

between Climthorpe 

and Purley Gate.

Read about David Nobbs here

George Cole - d. August 6th 2015

Tell you what,
I'll give you six to one
on people forgetting
who I was. 
Immortality?
Even money. 
It's the best I can do.

Read about George Cole here

Cilla Black - d. August 2nd 2015

In a city of voices,
you found yours
in the pocket 
of a fancy coat,
in the songs
others lent you
which none now
would dare to pretend 
were theirs.

Read about Cilla Black here

Peter O'Sullevan - d. July 29th 2015

Even in the largest field
we always knew your colours;
the little man in glasses and trilby,
a stayer when all others faltered.

Read about Peter O'Sullevan here 

Jon the Postman - d. July 27th 2015

You were beyond all notions
of scene, philosophy or style.
You just took to an empty stage,
grabbed the vacant mic, 
did what came unnaturally.

Read about Jon the Postman here

Alex Rocco - d. July 18th 2015

You don't die me out,

I die you out.

Read about Alex Rocco here

Omar Sharif - d. July 10th 2015

The deal,
the playing of your hand;
eternally finessed.
Your scenes
were golden as the sands;
now, time to rest.

Read about Omar Sharif here

Val Doonican - d. July 2nd 2015

What is that noise?
It is the creak
of an old chair,
rocking easy
since I was about knee-high,
now forty shades of empty.

Read about Val Doonican here