Charles Handy obituary

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

Keith Rutter obituary

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

Other lives: Author of many works on Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as on Cornish folklore

Bestselling author who enjoyed overnight success with her debut novel A Woman of Substance

Colourful philosopher whose readiness to examine current controversies sometimes brought him notoriety

Other lives: Lecturer in law who advised at the 1973 Sunningdale talks on Northern Ireland

Other lives: Doctor and writer who produced books on medical care for developing countries