Laura Mason obituary

Historian of British food with a particular interest in sweets and English country cooking

Victor Ambrus obituary

Prolific illustrator of archaeological scenes for Time Team on Channel 4 and of books, particularly for children

Script editor and producer who dramatised literary works for the BBC and had a long-running hit on ITV with Midsomer Murders

Poet whose outlook spanned anarchism, ecology, publishing and the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco

Other lives: Family lawyer whose earlier career in publishing saw her involved in helping to establish the Booker prize

Literary scholar who related books to the wider world and showed how the established canon reinforces privilege

Music biographer whose tenacity and meticulous attention to detail did not always please his subjects

Rightwing broadcaster known for a brand of attacking ‘shock jock’ radio that set the tone for the internet age of politics

French screenwriter best known for Diary of a Chambermaid, Belle de Jour and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Other lives: Academic political scientist who produced works on 20th-century French and British politics

Other Lives: Cartoonist who drew scores of characters for magazines, including Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry

Neuropsychiatrist who brought brain and mind together in studies of mental health

Crusading Labour politician who was the first openly gay MP

Other lives: BBC music producer who specialised in Scandinavian composers

Other Lives: Author of successful books on gardens and plants