By Nina Steele Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 –1973) who was childless, is often referred to as “the Godmother of rock and roll”.… Read the rest

By Nina Steele News that the late Tara Palmer-Tomkinson made a will in 2004, in which she left her estate to the children she was sure she was going to have one day, is a reminder that no one should make assumptions about their future, based on the lives of the people around them.… Read the rest

By Nina Steele The Lake District was awarded the title of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2017. When I heard the news, my first reaction was “what took them so long”?… Read the rest

By Nina Steele Julie Spalding passed away in 2008, aged 98. She did the right thing and left a will. However, according to a ruling in 2014, she “did not have the legal capacity to make a legal will”.… Read the rest

By Nina Steele 32 year old Heather Heyer was killed while taking part in a counter-protest against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday August 12.… Read the rest

By Nina Steele Although Helen Ruddock, who is from the UK, died in 2015, aged 96, her story is only making headline news now, thanks to the fund that has been set up as per her will.… Read the rest

By Nina Steele In her own words, she “was tired of giving in”, and so, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks made a stand against the bus segregation law that had been in place in Montgomery, Alabama since 1900.… Read the rest

By Nina Steele I was at the funeral of a 46 year old young woman the other day. She had a successful career as a nurse and worked hard to build a comfortable life for herself.… Read the rest

By Nina Steele The story of Carmen Herrera is simply remarkable. The Cuban-American abstract painter, was born in Havana in 1915, and started painting in her mid-20s.… Read the rest

By Nina Steele Dame Zaha Hadid was considered by some to be “the world’s top female architect”. The Iraqi born British architect’s body of work include, the London Aquatics Centre, which was built for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the Guangzhou Opera House in China.… Read the rest