Sister Wendy Beckett, a nun who became a TV presenter, journalist and art critic has died at the age of 88.
Sister Wendy spent much of her life as a contemplative nun, but achieved international fame in the 1990s when she presented a series of documentaries on art history for the BBC. She became renowned for presenting her shows without a script and dressed in her traditional black habit.
She was born in South Africa in 1930 and moved to Scotland as a child. At the age of 16 she joined the Sisters of Notre Dame, a congregation of religious sisters dedicated to education.
