Tributes paid to Oscar and Golden Globe winner who started career in Bristol View 2 Images

Tributes have been paid to playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who was remembered as one of the country’s greatest writers and a “wonderful friend”, following the announcement of his death at the weekend aged 88.

Sir Tom’s six-decade career attracted worldwide recognition, earning Tony and Olivier awards, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. But it was in Bristol where his career began – eking out a living as a local journalist from humble digs in Clifton .

Lifelong friend Anthony ‘ACH’ Smith admitted the pair had, as competing young reporters, not got off to a strong start. “The Evening World sent Tom and the Evening Post sent me to the Embassy Cinema to review a film about Adolf Hitler.

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