Visiting an Argentine marine battalion at La Plata he asked which unit was going to invade the Falklands. 'This battalion', came the reply
He starred with Catherine Deneuve and Claudia Cardinale and his documentaries about insects and migrating birds redefined the genre
His band helped to kick-start the punk movement, though he found the scene ‘too careerist for my simple country tastes’
The self-described ‘people’s policeman’ backed penal labour camps and proposed that violent criminals be flogged until they begged for mercy
His cartoonish images, often culled from art by social outcasts, were touted in the 1980s as a Pop Art renaissance but reviled by others
He stood up for British tourists when UK Customs and Excise tried to confiscate alcohol and tobacco bought on the continent for personal use
He was the voice of Telegraph rugby for 18 years but disliked the sport’s march into professionalism, declaring that ‘Mammon has struck’
He hosted the historic meeting that declared the Soviet Union defunct but his efforts at reform were frustrated by pro-Russian communists
A gentle, modest man, Millar usually avoided controversy, but he strongly objected to the colourisation of old black and white films
Her victories included halting the destruction of the railway station’s famous glass roof and blocking a proposed freeway through the town
They became Nashville royalty with their vivid songs about ordinary folk, but she was dogged by depression and ill health
She won four leading prizes for her darkly comic novel O Caledonia and was revered by such writers as Ali Smith and Maggie O’Farrell
She hosted a Kitsch-themed party for Vivienne Westwood and taught the Duke of Windsor to do The Twist
Though he believed in a united Ireland he worked with British governments, Labour and Conservative, to combat terrorism
He played cornet with the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain and the Black Dyke Mills Band before honing his skills as a conductor
An early member of Tangerine Dream, he was an indefatigable musical explorer
She was once called upon to drive for the Princess – who told her, when she crashed into their motorcycle escort, to simply carry on
He was feared by clubs and fell out with managers but made huge amounts of money for himself and his players
She always seemed to be first on the scene to record yet another homicide, and she described her pictures as ‘indictments’
With his explosive, freewheeling style, the child prodigy became his side’s all-time leading points scorer