Printmaker, painter, muralist and teacher, born in Blackburn, Lancashire, son of the artist Wilfred Fairclough, married to the painter Mary Malenoir. He studied at Kingston School of Art, 1957–61; was a Rome Scholar in Engraving, 1964–6, at British School in Rome, 1964–7; then was at S W Hayter’s Atelier 17, Paris, 1967. After teaching at Belfast College of Art, 1962–4, was at West Surrey College of Art, Farnham, 1967–79. He completed the National Trust commemorative stamps for the Post Office in 1981. Among his solo exhibitions was Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, 1981. Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and Victoria & Albert Museum hold his work. Was made a fellow of RE, 1973, and a member of Printmakers’ Council, 1981. Lived in Farnham, Surrey.