The revival of traditional jazz in the 1950s prompted any number of amateur musicians to play for fun, the purists among them inspired by deep commitment to the New Orleans cause. A select few of ...

It was the bloke upstairs they called Uncle George who got Terry Disley hooked on playing the piano. Uncle George would come downstairs for parties at the Disleys' London flat and slay the crowd with ...

John Disley, who has died aged 87, belonged to the generation of runners who revived British athletics after the second world war. He won a bronze medal in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Helsinki ...

John Disley, Olympic medalist, cofounder of the London Marathon, and an innovator who helped shape running globally, died in London on February 8, after a brief illness. He was 87. Disley and Vladimir ...

At various times he was a banjoist in traditional jazz bands, a cartoonist for Melody Maker, various national newspapers and on record sleeves, a guitarist of the Django Reinhardt school, and the ...