A lovely lad and colleague

How heartbreaking to hear that Paul Tate is no longer with us. I remember him vividly from my Reuters Zurich days in the late 70s, when as a young programmer on the Monitor project he came to our centre in the company of other Monitor colleagues, including Dick Cleaver. His irrepressible sense of humour and fun, which overflowed into his work life, rendered him instantly likeable and very easy to work with.

My thoughts are with his family during this sad time; I know how it feels to lose a person we love. I shall hold them all in my mind and heart. ■