So much more than a lachrymose luvvie: A director who would blub at the drop of a hat, yes. But Dickie Attenborough, who has moved into a care home, should be celebrated as one of our very finest actors

--> Actor and director Attenborough has suffered ill health since stroke in 2008 His debut was in Noel Coward’s masterpiece In Which We Serve in 1942 He is one of the finest British actors of his generation As a director he won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for...