When she was 14, Beryl Bainbridge was expelled from school. In her 60s, she was made a Dame of the British Empire. In between and up until her death July 2 in her mid-70s (the exact year of her birth ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Novelist Dame Beryl Bainbridge died at the age of 75 on Friday after battling cancer, her literary agent said. Liverpool-born Bainbridge, nominated for the Man Booker prize on five ...