Jan Carew obituary

Caribbean novelist, playwright and scholar committed to the cultural unity of the black world

Ravi Shankar obituary

Indian virtuoso who took the sitar to the world

Other lives: Artist and author who illustrated books on Zimbabwe's flora and wrote about the country's folklore

Actor who shared the stage with her husband, Paul Scofield

Other lives: Poet under the pen name Ellie Evans whose first collection was published in 2011

Falklands governor at the time of the 1982 Argentinian invasion

Actor who became a household name as Coronation Street's Jack Duckworth

Other lives: Author of the classic book Sea Canoeing who was known as 'the father of sea kayaking'

Other lives: Music critic and magazine editor who dedicated his life to the classical guitar

Composer devoted to the exploration of political ideas in the opera house and concert hall

Influential economist and academic noted for his work on understanding corporations

Other lives: Dedicated teacher, politics lecturer and scholar at Wadham College, Oxford

Guardian journalist who played a pivotal role in the paper's successful move to London from Manchester

Pioneering counsellor, agony aunt for the Sun and writer on sex education

Actor, wrestler and American football star whose hardman roles included Mongo in Blazing Saddles