The Rev Don Cupitt obituary

Controversial academic and theologian best known for his 1984 television series The Sea of Faith

Michael Longley obituary

Belfast poet of exceptional poise and eloquence – but with a sardonic streak to temper his technical accomplishment

American cartoonist and writer who portrayed angst-ridden New Yorkers and exposed the hypocrisy of government

Other lives: Respected professor of sociology at the University of Bradford

Other lives: Professor of African history at Soas who delighted in his membership of a local choir in Wales

Producer who adapted the books of the Rev Wilbert Awdry to create the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends

Cartoonist whose work appeared in newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian and Punch

Trainer for the Special Operations Executive who acted as a ‘honey trap’ and later wrote novels based on her wartime experiences

Other lives: Historian of the Labour party who wrote a biography of the 1930s leader George Lansbury

Pakistani author whose novels offered an insight into the Parsi community and highlighted the challenges of reconciling different cultures

First professor of children’s poetry at Cambridge, who also worked to promote the teaching, dissemination and understanding of Caribbean poetry

Prolific science fiction writer who conceived alternative lives for figures including Emily Dickinson and Sigmund Freud

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

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