Alan Martin obituary
Other lives: Dancer, musician and poet who overcame profound disabilities and inspired many others
Jan Ormerod obituary
Illustrator and author of books for young children with a genius for simple storytelling
David Tipton obituary
Other lives: Writer, translator and poetry publisher who established Redbeck Press
Archie Roy obituary
Leading Scottish astronomer whose interest in psychic research earned him the nickname of 'Glasgow's ghostbuster'
John Reed obituary
Other lives: Academic and translator of poetry whose heart belonged to Africa
Katie Stewart obituary
Cookery writer whose newspaper columns inspired a generation
Simon Lane obituary
Other lives: Writer, artist and bon vivant who settled in Paris and then moved to Rio de Janeiro
Jakob Arjouni obituary
German crime writer whose private eye Kemal Kayankaya operated in Frankfurt's seedy underworld
Gigi Giannuzzi obituary
Other lives: Maverick and radical member of London's photography community who founded Trolley Books
Richard Rhodes James obituary
Other lives: Teacher and author who recounted with feeling his experience of being a late child of the Raj
Rosemary Davidson obituary
Other lives: Educational editor who began a successful second career later in life running a contemporary art gallery
Eric Hobsbawm remembered by Neal Ascherson
The brilliant 20th-century historian was Neal Ascherson's Cambridge supervisor and friend – teaching him history and many more valuable lessons
Nina Bawden remembered by Robert Bawden
The son of the novelist and children's author recalls her dramatic life – and wartime work with Margaret Thatcher
Maurice Sendak remembered by Tony Kushner
The author of Where the Wild Things Are was driven to make rich, complex, even dangerous art for children, writes his friend, the playwright Tony Kushner
Gore Vidal remembered by Jason Epstein
Gore Vidal was far from the cold, unlovable man he claimed to be, writes his friend and former editor Jason Epstein