Lisa French obituary Archaeologist involved all her life with Mycenae and an authority on the ancient Greek culture’s terracotta figurines
Joan Le Mesurier obituary Other lives: Former fairground worker who married the actor John Le Mesurier and later ran a guest house in Spain
Tom O’Connor obituary Comedian and quiz show host who was propelled to stardom by winning Opportunity Knocks
Priscilla Johnson McMillan obituary Journalist, author and historian who knew both President John F Kennedy and his alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
Michael Horovitz obituary Iconoclastic poet, editor and leading light of British counterculture during the 1950s and 60s
Dick Leonard obituary Journalist, historian and pro-European Labour MP who rebelled against his party’s whip to vote in favour of the Common Market
Janet Malcolm obituary Staff writer for the New Yorker who wrote about the practice of journalism, art and biography
Tom West obituary Other lives: English teacher and librarian with eclectic interests, from choral music to Harry Potter
Frances Ludlow obituary Other lives: Librarian at the University of Sheffield Health Sciences Library
Ailsa Land obituary Researcher into mathematical approaches to real-world problems who seized on the increased possibilities offered by computers
Edward de Bono obituary Author, doctor and inventor of the term lateral thinking who wrote more than 60 books on his original and unorthodox theories
F Lee Bailey obituary American celebrity lawyer who was part of the ‘dream team’ that defended OJ Simpson during his murder trial
John Latham obituary Climate physicist and expert on thunderstorm electrification who was also a published poet