Peter Stead obituary
Other lives: Swansea University historian whose attention focused on popular culture and its practitioners
Katherine El-Salahi obituary
Other lives: Activist and publisher specialising in literary and academic works of the global south
Michael Thompson obituary
Anthropologist who studied the values that society applies in making decisions and climber in the first party to ascend the south-west face of Everest
Malcolm Budd obituary
Philosopher of aesthetics who had exceptionally high standards and was kind to students and colleagues
David Malouf, Australian writer whose work spanned the ancient world and 70s Brisbane – obituary
Remembering Babylon was shortlisted for the Booker prize but none of his novels were made into films because, he said, ‘almost nothing happens’
Dame Averil Cameron obituary
Historian whose sparky, innovative Byzantines challenged the stereotype of a stagnant society with nothing new to offer
Lord Skidelsky obituary
Economic historian and politician who was a leading authority on the life and work of John Maynard Keynes
Vernon Katz obituary
Other lives: Scholar of Indian philosophy who assisted the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Brian Rotman obituary
Other lives: Mathematician, cultural theorist and playwright who taught in British and American universities
Rebecca Hall obituary
Other lives: Writer, campaigner and a determined advocate for animals
David Judge obituary
Other lives: Leading scholar of parliamentary politics and democratic representation
Clare Gittings obituary
Other lives: Learning manager who made visiting schoolchildren feel welcome at the National Portrait Gallery
Richard Meier obituary
Other lives: Poet whose work distilled everyday observations with beauty and precision
Glenn Storhaug obituary
Other lives: Poet and publisher who founded Five Seasons Press in the late 1970s to share his enthusiasm of the form
Peter Messent obituary
Other lives: Professor of American studies at Nottingham University and an authority on the writer Mark Twain