28/01/2025
Norwich, GB 7 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

IAN HAMILTON KC, aged 97

Liberation or theft? He committed one of the most scandalous ‘crimes’ of the 1950s, but it didn’t stop him going on to become a barrister.

MAGDA SALEH, aged 79

After being trained with the Bolshoi ballet she became Egypt’s prima ballerina and first decorated woman. She became a doctor, teacher and artistic director.

ALI AHMED ASLAM, aged 77

Came to Scotland as a young man and began his own restaurant. He invented Britain’s most popular dish and was known as the Glasgow Curry King.

LADY MARY RUSSELL, aged 88

As her family were friends with the Royal Family, she was chosen to be one of Queen Elizabeth’s Maids of Honour at the Coronation. She had vivid memories of the occasion.