Ken Russell

The cliches are notorious: the trashy virtuoso, the sex-idol rock star played appropriately by Roger Daltry in Ken Russell's manic biopic, "Lisztomania" and the repentant abbe.

Pianists Andre Watts and Evgeny Kissin offer Liszt recitals 2011

Their partnership was immortalised in Ken Russell's seminal film Song of Summer which, in turn, was based on Fenby's own revelatory memoir, Delius As I Knew Him.

Delius: beauty in the ear of the beholder 2012

Ken Russell's ability to talk you into believing he was right, even if you thought the reverse, was remarkable.

Malcolm Levene: Goodbye, Ken Russell... Malcolm Levene 2011

No Figgisy humping and gynaecological explorations in the masterly, Ken Russell manner, filmed in a genuine Renaissance setting instead of a boring old theatre?

Teenagers won't be shocked by a naked man on the stage | Catherine Bennett 2011

In those days numerous film directors, producers and actors frequented my retail establishment, none compared with the affable Ken Russell, who I remember fondly.

Malcolm Levene: Goodbye, Ken Russell... Malcolm Levene 2011

It seems a little weird to read that Ken Russell has passed.

Malcolm Levene: Goodbye, Ken Russell... Malcolm Levene 2011

In those days numerous film directors, producers and actors frequented my retail establishment, none compared with the affable Ken Russell, who I remember fondly.

Malcolm Levene: Goodbye, Ken Russell... Malcolm Levene 2011

Ken Russell, the avant-garde filmmaker behind Women in Love and The Boy Friend, has died.

Director Ken Russell Dies at 84 2011

It seems a little weird to read that Ken Russell has passed.

Malcolm Levene: Goodbye, Ken Russell... Malcolm Levene 2011

Ken Russell's ability to talk you into believing he was right, even if you thought the reverse, was remarkable.

Malcolm Levene: Goodbye, Ken Russell... Malcolm Levene 2011