I was informed earlier today that my remarkable, ebullient PhD Supervisor, Professor Peter Rushton (or 'Pete' as he preferred), had very sadly died. At a time where funerals are restricted and life is not as we know it, it seems criminal for his life to go unremarked upon. In better times he would have been praised by many colleagues and publicly mourned by lots of thankful Sunderland University students to whom he dedicated over four decades of his life.