David Lynch

A life in quotes: David Lynch

The visionary film-maker and prolific artist, purveyor of the dark, mysterious, abstract and unspoken, died aged 78 visionary film-maker and prolific artist, purveyor of the dark, mysterious, abstract and unspoken, died aged 78

Adrian Horton

Friday 17 January 2025

avid Lynch, the enigmatic film-maker who revolutionized American cinema and television through his dark, surrealist vision, has died at the age of 78, less than a year after the lifelong smoker publicly revealed his struggles with emphysema.

 

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A life in quotes: Alice Munro

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Writer known as ‘Canadian Chekhov’ captured the desire and darkness of ordinary life in rural Canada, particularly for women

Adrian Horton

Tue 14 May 2024 19.16 BST

Alice Munro, the 2013 Nobel laureate considered one of the greatest short story writers in the English language, has died at the age of 92 at her care home in Ontario, after suffering dementia for more than a decade. Born and raised in south-western Ontario, the “Canadian Chekhov” captured the desire and darkness of ordinary life in rural Canada, particularly for women – subjects long out of focus for the mainstream, finally achieving recognition later in life.