21/04/2026
Norwich, GB 6 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

EVA SCHLOSS, aged 96

Anne Frank’s posthumous stepsister, she hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam but was betrayed. She then survived Auschwitz and spread the word about the Holocaust.

THERESA STEWART, aged 90

An Oxford graduate, she became a pioneering Labour Councillor in Birmingham – the only woman to lead the council. She was Mayor of the city but was hated by the right-wing press.

LEO BECKETT, aged 95

From being a political agent he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to his wife, who became a ground-breaking politician.