Philip French RIP

[subcontrabass]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/27/philip-french-much-loved-observer-film-critic-dies-at-the-age-of-82

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34648695

[french frank]

First producer of Radio 3's Critics Forum ('of which the old Third would have been proud' - Carpenter), started in 1974.

[Stanley Stewart]

I enjoyed his Observer column for many years and recall his John Player lecture at the NFT in the 70s, astute and pithy. RIP

[doversoul1]

His articles on films meant a lot to me in my early days here when most things in the paper were unfamiliar and alien.

R.I.P.