My friend Simon Goss, who has died of lung cancer aged 44, was a social worker for 25 years and a DJ and music promoter for nearly as long.He was a gentle man but a fierce advocate of those he saw as wronged by the system. His parents, the Rev Brian and Zena Goss, were Methodists for whom social justice was a central tenet. Simon based his career on leaving the world a better place, but he found it hard to stomach the politics and paperwork that went with the job.Simon was born in Ipswich, Suffo...
Guardian Music — My friend Simon Goss, who has died of lung cancer aged 44, was a social worker for 25 years and a DJ and music promoter for nearly as long.He was a gentle man but a fierc... more info