We at UKMA are deeply saddened to learn of the death of UKMA’s longest-serving patron, Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne of Pimlico. He was a man with a stellar career both in politics and outside, and was an avid supporter of UKMA and its cause.
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We are mourning the death at the age of only 65 of Benjamin Zephaniah, the man for whom perhaps the term Performance Poet was invented. He was a man of many parts, poet, writer, performer, campaigner, anarchist, professor, doctor 16 times over, and last but not least, supporter of the UK Metric Association.
Continue reading “One in a million”Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Lady Kinnock of Holyhead, née Parry. Born 7 July 1944; died 3 December 2023.
We are mourning the death at the age of 79 of Lady Glenys Kinnock, whose husband, Neil Kinnock, is one of the patrons of UKMA. She was somebody who was much more than a political spouse, but rather a politician of note in her own right.
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