Stanley Booth obituary

American music journalist who chronicled ‘the mystery of the Rolling Stones’ in their pomp

David Lodge obituary

Booker prize-nominated author and critic who was known for his Catholic novels and satires on academic life

One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for the 1974 pub bombings in the city who spent 17 years in jail

Children’s author and illustrator best known for the Topsy and Tim books

Scottish food writer who was a determined champion of her country’s natural produce and its regional recipes

Other lives: Psychotherapist, author and campaigner determined to improve people’s lives

Philosopher and management thinker who coined the phrase ‘portfolio’ career, and believed companies should retain their humanity

Other lives: Historian and numismatist of ancient Greece and wrote the standard work on the coinages of ancient Naples and Campania

Other lives: Teacher and writer who set up Gosport Men’s Shed

Social and political commentator whose work focused on the environment and the marginalisation of poor people

Other lives: Publisher and chief executive of Seren with an unwavering commitment to his authors

Novelist and editor who owned the Book Collector, the magazine founded by his uncle and James Bond creator Ian

Other lives: Lecturer in German literature at the University of London and translator of works by Freud

Other lives: Literary agent who showed as much care and dedication for smaller passion projects as she did for commercial big hitters

Historian who mastered the complexities of Italian food culture for the mammoth Oxford Companion to Italian Food