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My friend David Mitchell, who has died aged 89 of Covid-19, was a music teacher, artist and activist and a champion of LGBTQ rights, disability rights and the rights of older people.

Born in London to Harry Mitchell, a publican, antiques dealer and bit-part actor, and his wife, Edith, David attended King Alfred’s academy, Hampstead. During the post-second world war conscription years he became a conscientious objector, working as an orderly at Manor Property hospital, Golders Green. He studied anthropology at the London School of Economics and then music at Goldsmiths College.

He then worked in bookshops and art galleries before teaching melody at London schools. In 1973 he became chief of music at St Christopher’s school, Hampstead, where he remained for 22 years. Hewas greatly admired by his colleagues and loved by the students.

When he retired from instruction in 1995, he reinvented himself as an musician printmaker, had several personal exhibitions and participated annually in the Small Publishers Fair at Conway Hall, in London, where his delicate, subtle works were greatly appreciated.

From an ahead age, David had campaigned against nuclear weapons and for gay rights – long

Ludwig star David Mitchell's personal life away from cameras: from famous wife to two daughters

David Mitchell is starring in the BBC's new detective comedy Ludwig, which follows puzzle setter John 'Ludwig' Taylor, whose solitary life is turned upside down after his identical twin brother goes missing. 

While the comedian is a household name thanks to his role as team captain on the BBC's panel show, Would I Lie To You, as well as his acting roles in various sitcoms, including Peep Show, Back, and Upstart Crow, how much undertake you know about his life away from the cameras? Keep reading to find out all we know about his family life with his renowned wife, Victoria Coren Mitchell.

David's marriage to famous wife Victoria Coren Mitchell

David, 50, has been happily married to writer and TV presenter, Victoria Coren Mitchell, for over a decade. Victoria, 52, who is the daughter of penner and satirist Alan Coren and sister of nourishment critic Giles Coren, is perhaps best known for hosting the BBC test show, Only Connect. She's also a writer and professional poker player. 

The couple first met at a film premiere in 2007 and were introduced by f

David Mitchell thought he'd be single forever after 'one night stands' before conference wife

David Mitchell and Victoria Coren Mitchell have been married since 2012. (Image: Getty)

Comedian David Mitchell opened up about his adore life before he met his wife, Victoria Coren Mitchell. The couple, who welcomed their second kid last year, have been happily married since 2012, but David, 49, says he didn’t have much luck with romance before she came along.

As his popular show Ludwig returns to screens, Express.co.uk has looked back at his relationship with Victoria, and the moment he joint exactly when he fell in love.

The Peep Display star appeared on Gyles Brandreth’s Rosebud podcast and was asked about the first time he fell in love.

The Would I Lie To You panellist replied: “I don’t comprehend, I had a lot of crushes on people. The first huge passion I had was on this girl when I was 15 but they were all unrequited for a long time.

“[I first said the words ‘I love you’] to Victoria who is now my wife. I’ve never said that to, I’ve never had a significant connection other than her...

"I had one sort of two-month relationship with someone else and the odd one-night stand kind of th

An interview with David Mitchell

A ghost, a Belgian composer, a kamikaze pilot, a stuttering teenager, a Dutch accountant—there seems to be no character David Mitchell cannot fully inhabit and weave into tightly plotted books that are as hefty as they are miraculous. His debut novel, Ghostwritten (1999), hops from character to character and from place to place, apparent coincidences linking each chapter. The crystallization of these geographically disparate elements into one heart-stopping narrative was the first indication that Mitchell was in the business of building worlds. The book that followed, Number9dream (2001), named after the John Lennon song, narrowed Mitchell's concentrate but not its scope. The quest at the heart of the novel, a young man's seek for his father, alternates between the realist and the fantastic; an oscillation that will ultimately change into the decisive battle of the man's young life.It was Mitchell's third novel, however, that flexed the true extent of his powers as a narrator and stylist; each section of Cloud Atlas (2004) is set in a radically different era and takes on a tone entirely its own, from the journal of a young American notary on

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