Colin Spencer obituary

Writer and artist whose cookery column for the Guardian also dealt with the ethics of agriculture and food productionIn spite of his extraordinary range of achievements as a writer, painter, TV and radio presenter, and autobiographer, Colin Spencer, who has died aged 89, is best remembered as a food writer. He won multiple awards over the years and served, at different times, as chairman and president of the Guild of Food Writers. In 2002, Germaine Greer described him as “the greatest livi