David Weiss obituary

As half of the Swiss art duo Fischli/Weiss, he made striking use of photography, film, clay – and questions

Lord Ashley of Stoke obituary

Labour politician who made his deafness no obstacle to his tireless championing of disadvantaged people

Biographer of Konstantin Stanislavski, he was also a translator, director and dramatist

Artist, teacher and historian of modern art, he wrote a seminal work on cubism

Italian writer and academic with a deep love of the culture and language of Portugal

Illustrator whose bold creations adorned Penguin book covers

Playwright whose work combined poetry, politics and passion

The first Iranian woman to publish under her own name, she explored the country's postwar occupation in the novel Savushun

Other lives: Translator who gave voice to censored Iranian writers and worked as an Arabic and Persian media monitor for the BBC

Other lives: Motorcycling journalist whose marque histories, collectors' guides and racer biographies are considered definitive works

Other lives: Disability rights campaigner who aroused controversy with her translation of The Little Red Schoolbook

French comic book artist internationally known by his pen names Moebius and Gir

Other lives: Writer of children's television programmes including Rag, Tag and Bobtail and books for young people

Other lives: Energetic teacher and local historian who specialised in children's lives in Newcastle

International expert on impressionism who became a professor at the Courtauld Institute