SAD TO say goodbye to my friend David  Randall who has died suddenly, aged 70. David, who rose from being  a trainee on the Croydon Advertiser to the editorship and subsequently to senior positions on the Observer and Independent on Sunday, was one of the finest journalists i have worked with in a long career. Not for him the ego-tripping and bluster of many senior figures in the trade – David's skills were understated and yet his talents were magical. ...more