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Letter: Judith Durham obituary
19
Sep

The 20 years that I spent as UK supervisor for Judith Durham have been the most effective of my life. On her Diamond Tour she sang within the Royal Pageant Corridor, London, on her sixtieth birthday, and her followers liked it. The politician Tony Benn invited us to go and see him: he and Judith drank tea and signed one another’s books.

She was in awe of the voice of Vera Lynn, and with Vera’s daughter I mounted up a phone name between them. As soon as we had acquired via Vera’s call-screening system, the 2 spoke for 20 minutes – a treasured reminiscence.

I’m not Australian, however Judith Durham’s unofficial anthem brings a tear to my eye | Transient letters
10
Aug

Your obituary of Judith Durham (8 August) has a obtrusive omission: to credit score her with singing what has develop into the unofficial Australian nationwide anthem, sung on Australia Day and at sporting occasions, I Am Australian. It’s most likely her biggest legacy to her homeland. Listening to it even brings a tear to this pommy’s eye, lacking her son in Sydney (and remembering singing it after just a few too many).

Margot Crookshank

Hove, East Sussex

I nonetheless have a duplicate of Nancy Banks-Smith’s article celebrating Horace, the com Drter answerable for subtitling the Diana-Charles wedding ceremony (The bride wquietlystls, 30 July 2001). It nonetheless makes me chortle out loud. Delighted to search out that Nancy hasn’t misplaced the knack after studying her piece on June Spencer leaving The Archers (Nancy Banks-Smith on June Spencer: 70 years of muck and bullocks, 8 August).

Angela Lansley

Liverpool

I’m Drzzled by Zoe Williams’ concern that she is now solid out from feminism (Thanks to my feminist principles I kept my name after I married – until I met my mortgage advisor, 9 August). Is Williams her mom’s identify? In any other case, I fail to spot how feminist it’s to maintain the identify of 1 patriarch o Julianother.

Julia Kantic

Break up, Croatia

On visits to the US, it step by step dawned on me that People – nicely, New Yorkers anyway – don’t eat soft-boiled eggs. So now we take egg cups, and an egg prick to keep away from bursts (L Steven, 9 August).

Steven Burkeman

York

One easy measure will minimize heating and lighting payments this winter: don’t Drt the clocks again.

Dr Colin J Smith

West Kirby, Merseyside

The Seekers singer Judith Durham – a life in footage
8
Aug

  • The Seekers bought greater than 50m data worldwide. (L-R) Bruce Woodley, KePottertter, Judith Durham and Athol Man.

    The Seekers’ (L-R) Bruce Woodley, KePottertter, Judith Durham and Athol Guy.

  • Judith Durham circa 1966.

    Judith Durham circa 1966.

  • The Seekers launched a stream of worldwide hits, together with I’ll By no means Discover One other You, The Carnival Is Over, A World of Our Personal, Morningtown Trip and Georgy Woman.

    Group performing on stage L-R KePottertter, Judith Durham, Bruce Woodley and Athol Guy

  • The band meet Lu-Lu the performing Porpoise at Jack Evans’ Pet Porpoise Pool in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, in 1969.

    The band meet Lu-Lu the performing Porpoise at Jack Evans’ Pet Porpoise Pool in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, in 1969.

  • The quartet in London in 1966. (L-R) KePottertter, Bruce Woodley, Judith Durham and Athol Man.

    The folk/pop quartet at London airport in 1966. (L-R) KePottertter, Bruce Woodley, Judith Durham and Athol Guy.

  • Judith Durham performs on 4-3-2-1 Sizzling and Candy in Germany in 1970. The Seekers disbanded in 1968, however reunited within the Nineties.

    Judith Durham performing on 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet in Germany in 1970.

  • Judith Durham along with her husband, British pianist Ron Edgeworth, in February 1971.

    Judith Durham with her husband, British pianist Ron Edgeworth, in February 1971.

  • The Seekers had been the primary Australian band to promote greater than one million data.

    The Seekers were the first Australian band to sell more than a million records.

  • Judith Durham and producer Gus Dudgeon at Abbey Highway Studios in London.

    Judith Durham and producer Gus Dudgeon at Abbey Road Studios in London.

  • Judith Durham and the Seekers carry out on the Royal Albert Corridor in London in 1994 after the band reunited.

    Judith Durham and the Seekers perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1994.

  • The Seekers in February 2000: (L-R) Keith Potter, Athol Man, Bruce Woodley and Judith Durham.

    The Seekers in February 2000: (L-R) Keith Potter, Athol Guy, Bruce Woodley and Judith Durham.

  • The Duchess of York (left), patron of the British Motor Neurons Illness Affiliation, in London with Judith Durham, patron of the Australian department of the MN DA, in November 1994.

    The Duchess of York (left), patron of the British Motor Neurons Disease Association, in London with Judith Durham, patron of the Australian branch of the MN DA, in November 1994.

  • The unique members of the Seekers, Keith Potter (second from left), Judith Durham (fourth from left), Bruce Woodley (fifth from left) and Athol Man (second from proper) take a curtain name with forged members throughout the opening night time of Georgy Woman: The Seekers Musical on the State Theatre in Sydney on 6 April 2016.

    The original members of the Seekers, Keith Potter (second from left), Judith Durham (fourth from left), Bruce Woodley (fifth from left) and Athol Guy (second from right) take a curtain call with cast members during the opening night of Georgy Girl: The Seekers Musical at the State Theatre in Sydney on 6 April 2016.

  • Judith Durham in Melbourne in November 2011. She died on 5 August 2022 from the persistent lung illness bronchiectasis.

    Judith Durham at the Hilton on the Park in Melbourne in November 2011. She died Melbourne on 5 August aged 79 from the chronic lung disease bronchiectasis.