John Eldridge obituary
Sociologist and writer who studied the disparities in media coverage of industrial conflicts
Anne Harvey obituary
Other lives: Writer and teacher who produced literary anthologies for various publishers
Georgina Hammick obituary
Poet and writer whose protagonists are often women comically uncomfortable inside outdated traditions of femininity
Christopher Ligota obituary
Other lives: Academic and librarian at the Warburg Institute, University of London, who made a substantial contribution to the field of historiography
Richard Kell obituary
Other lives: Poet, teacher and composer who became part of the vibrant poetry scene in Newcastle and the north-east
Chris Peachment obituary
Other lives: Journalist and arts critic who started out in the RAF and also had a spell working backstage in the theatre
David Sutherland obituary
Cartoonist for the Beano whose artwork encapsulated the mayhem of the Bash Street Kids for more than 60 years
Gerald Moore obituary
Other lives: Expert on African literature who spent much of his time as a lecturer in Nigeria and Uganda
Ian Black obituary
Middle East editor of the Guardian, author and academic who embodied the journalist’s duty to show fairness to all sides
Graham Oakley obituary
Illustrator and author widely admired for The Church Mice, his series of children’s picture books
Jonathan Raban obituary
Writer of travel books, novels and essays, whose Soft City was an early example of psychogeography
Jean Blondel obituary
Political scientist whose radical approach and professorship at Essex University transformed the study of government
Marie-Joséphine Whitaker obituary
Other lives: A leading authority on the French writer Paul Claudel
Aonghas MacNeacail obituary
Poet and writer who championed the Gaelic language in Scotland and the rest of the world
Ronald Blythe obituary
Nature writer whose 1969 book Akenfield, a portrait of a rural life rapidly disappearing from view, was acclaimed as a classic