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The man who gave the Beatles away

Allan Williams helped the Beatles get early gigs.

Allan Williams complained of night-time torments when "my teeth make a gritty noise in my skull as I think of how I let the band and a million quid slip through my fingers".

Hospitality in country-house style

John Guy, restaurateur, businessman.

There are some of us who remember when Victoria was a roast beef and two veg kind of a place. Then along came the Italians and the Greeks. And then there was John Guy.

Speedos designer made an arresting sight

Portrait of Peter Travis 80 left who designed the Speedo bathing suit modelled by his nephew Jamie Travis on Bondi ...

Peter Travis, who designed the Speedo swimming brief, was an outstanding ceramic artist, designer and lecturer, consulted for the interior design of prominent buildings and sought after for his works.