Deborah Cameron obituary

Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

Eric Huntley obituary

Activist and co-founder of Bogle-L’Ouverture, one of the most important black publishing houses in Britain

Caroline Hamilton obituary

Doll’s house expert who co-founded a festival for miniaturists and provided support and advice to makers and collectors

Marcus Gilbert obituary

Actor who starred as Rupert Campbell-Black in the TV series Riders in the 1990s and in the Rambo and Evil Dead film franchises

Colin Ford obituary

Historian, broadcaster and museum director who was the founding head of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford

Dame Gillian Wagner obituary

Advocate for improvements in residential social care who served as the first female chair of Barnardo’s and wrote a revealing book about Thomas Barnardo, the charity’s founder

Molly Parkin obituary

Artist, writer, fashion editor and raconteur whose bohemian lifestyle inspired her bonkbuster novels

Michael Slater obituary

Scholar of Charles Dickens who wrote a definitive biography and shone a light on the writer’s more neglected works

Wendy Hoile obituary

Other lives: Illustrator whose work appeared in magazines and newspapers, and on book jackets

Veronica Gosling obituary

Other lives: Novelist and artist who was drawn to found objects for their shapes, textures and hidden histories

Patricia Robson obituary

Other lives: Teacher who used her skill in storytelling to engage primary school children in drama productions

John Carey obituary

Literary critic, essayist and academic known for his erudite and pugnacious judgments on writers and his fellow dons

Sophie Kinsella obituary

Author whose Shopaholic series of romcom novels were global bestsellers and adapted into a Hollywood film