Percy Allum obituary

Academic whose bold analysis of Neapolitan politics and the Camorra sent shock waves through the city

Robert Gillmor obituary

Artist behind the RSPB’s logo whose vivid illustrations of birds graced the covers of the Collins New Naturalist book series

Artist who reinvented the look of classic characters for Marvel and DC Comics and fought for the rights of illustrators

Journalist and author whose darkly funny 1991 novel O Caledonia has found its place as a Scottish classic

Other lives: Editorial director of Zed Books and campaigner for safer streets across London

Other lives: Professor of Russian literature and expert on the poet Joseph Brodsky

Film and television director and leading light of arts journalism in the 1960s and 70s

Bike rider who turned to journalism and co-created the Cycling Podcast, an instant hit listened to by millions

US writer of brief but intense accounts of family life for children whose best-known work was Sarah, Plain and Tall

Bestselling author who achieved huge success with his 1975 wartime thriller The Eagle Has Landed

Other lives: Welsh poet who wrote 14 acclaimed volumes and continued writing well into her 90s

Creator of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant and Mr Benn, who wrote and illustrated children’s classics

Megalith enthusiast who did much to further understanding of the Calanais stone circle and other ancient sites of the Isle of Lewis

Architect and theorist who believed in creating human-centred buildings, drawing on new technology and ancient traditions

Economic and demographic historian who transformed the view of the industrial revolution