My friend Rose Sharp, who has died aged 74, was an extraordinary arts administrator. She spent her life engaged with work she believed in, supporting artists and cultural institutions in challenging sexism and promoting LGBT visibility in the arts.
Rose was born in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, to Dora (nee Benford) and William Sharp. She and her older siblings, Valerie and David, attended schools in Singapore, Berlin and Northern Ireland, relocating as their father (a major in the Royal Engineers) was assigned to overseas postings.
