Despite his Scottish name Angus Mackay was a most English performer. Usually bespectacled and always fastidious, he was forever popping up on television playing repressed and officious factotums, effete Etonians or kindly clergymen. Some of those little roles linger long in the memory, such as the amorous waterbed salesman in Steptoe and Son (1974). But Mackay's passion was the stage, where, in a 50-year career, he brought a piquant precision to everything from Stoppard to Shaw.
Tuesday 16 July 2013
‘Peace envoy’ to Northern Ireland appointed in a bid to resolve issue of contentious parades
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Sectarian unrest, largely in the north of the city, sparked by the decision to ban a loyalist parade passing through a republican area
Monday 15 July 2013
Petrol bombs and missiles met with rubber bullets as loyalists continue to protest ban on Orange Order parade
Sunday 14 July 2013
Northern Ireland braces for a third night of disorder, with police and magistrates on standby to work through the night
Saturday 13 July 2013
400 extra police drafted in following violence as MP Nigel Dodds is hit by brick
Saturday 13 July 2013
Erecting flags may not always be a criminal offence but it is wrong, Northern Ireland's most senior police officer has said.
Thursday 11 July 2013
Local blogger says coverage becomes 'more anachronistic with every passing year'
Thursday 04 July 2013
Medical officer warns particularly strong drugs, including one known as Green Rolex, are in circulation
Thursday 04 July 2013
The billionaire Barclay brothers yesterday declared "complete and total" victory in their long-running £1.1bn legal battle over the ownership of three of London's most prestigious hotels.
Saturday 15 June 2013
Around 2,000 people march through Northern Irish capital before meetings begin on Monday
Friday 14 June 2013
Fawad Ahmed, the leg-spinner who has been fast-tracked into the Australia set-up, finally donned the gold and green for the first time today.
Friday 07 June 2013
Ahead of the season finale of everyone’s favourite TV epic, our writer dons her cape and tunic to take a real-life tour of where the magic happens
Tuesday 04 June 2013
Simon Hopkinson Cooks, More4
Saturday 18 May 2013
What is believed to be a bomb found by police investigating the attempt to murder three officers in West Belfast has been taken away, police said.
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