On Midweek this week:-
LUCINDA JARRETT
Inspired by the work of Dame Cicely Saunders Lucinda Jarrett co-founded the charity Rosetta Life , which encourages hospice patients to express themselves through art. The Rosetta Requiem takes place this Saturday, 8 October, to mark World Hospice Day. Music, made by patients in collaboration with professional artists, will be performed in a webcast linking hospices around the world.
JOHN WONNACOTT
John Wonnacott is an art whose portrait of Prince William recently made the front pages of several national newspapers. An exhibition of his recent paintings runs at Agnew 's 43, Old Bond Street, London W1 4BA, until 28 October. Tel: 020 7290 9250.
DONOVAN
The pop singer known simply as Donovan was one of the most original figures of the 1960s. He had 10 top ten singles, and then, in 1970, walked away from it all. He reveals why, and what he's been doing since in his autobiography, The Hurdy Gurdy Man, which is published by Century, at £17.99.
DES LYNAM
Award-winning sports presenter Des Lynham has written his autobiography in which he chronicles his career from 30 years at the BBC, to his high profile move to ITV, during which time he covered World Cups, seven Olympic Games and followed his hero, Muhammed Ali. Famously guarded about his private life, he also reveals intimate details of his life away from the screen.
I Should Have Been At Work, is published by Harper Collins, at £18.99.
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