As a teenager, my mother, Moragh Bradshaw, who has died aged 87, asked her father what life was for. His answer, that it was to help others, was advice that had a profound impact, leading Moragh to dedicate much of her time and energy to social justice and the environment.
Born in Rugby, Warwickshire, to Winifred and Kenneth Walker, an engineering lecturer, Moragh spent most of her early childhood separated from her parents after she and her elder sister, Kathrine, were evacuated to New Zealand, their mother’s homeland, during the second world war.
