Brian Lewis obituary Other lives: Founder of a community publishing and arts body that aimed to give ordinary Yorkshire folk a voice
Eric Midwinter obituary Educationist, writer, broadcaster and co-founder of the University of the Third Age (u3a), whose members teach and learn from each other in a network of groups
Christopher Rowe obituary Other lives: Linguist, translator and philosopher known for his work on Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
Frank O’Gorman obituary Other lives: Manchester University historian who wrote books on 18th- and 19th-century society
Nick Kent obituary Other lives: Journalist on the Daily Mirror who co-founded the Greyhound Star newspaper before moving into book publishing
Martyn Cornell obituary Other lives: Renowned historian of beer who wrote many myth-debunking books on the subject
Joanna Lyall obituary Other lives: Journalist committed to helping people with cancer make informed decisions about their care
Andrew Saint obituary Architectural historian who was interested in the broader social and economic influences of buildings
Paula Heister obituary Other lives: Doctor and teacher of medicine who also worked as a children’s author and illustrator
John Hall obituary Other lives: English lecturer and poet who created one of the first degree courses in performance writing at Dartington College in Devon
Lord Desai obituary Economist who reassessed Karl Marx’s view of the durability of capitalism and wrote on Indian culture and history
Dame Stella Rimington obituary First female head of MI5 seen as a Whitehall street fighter whose most controversial role was countering ‘subversion’
Allan Ahlberg obituary Writer of books such as Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! capturing a child’s outlook with his illustrator wife Janet