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

Other lives: Expert on African literature who spent much of his time as a lecturer in Nigeria and Uganda

Middle East editor of the Guardian, author and academic who embodied the journalist’s duty to show fairness to all sides

Illustrator and author widely admired for The Church Mice, his series of children’s picture books

Writer of travel books, novels and essays, whose Soft City was an early example of psychogeography

Political scientist whose radical approach and professorship at Essex University transformed the study of government

Other lives: A leading authority on the French writer Paul Claudel

Poet and writer who championed the Gaelic language in Scotland and the rest of the world

Nature writer whose 1969 book Akenfield, a portrait of a rural life rapidly disappearing from view, was acclaimed as a classic

Prolific journalist and historian who shifted allegiance from the left of Labour to become an ardent Thatcher supporter

Other lives: Antiquarian bookseller whose expert knowledge was much sought after around the UK

Founder of the publisher Kogan Page, one of the first companies to focus on business and management titles

Novelist and screenwriter whose tales of women taking control of their own destinies included The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

Other lives: Novelist and playwright who also had a career as a journalist with the Daily Worker and Times newspapers