Sir Roger Scruton obituary
Philosopher, writer and political thinker with controversial views on education, hunting and architecture
Elizabeth Wurtzel obituary
Author of Prozac Nation who was at the forefront of a new generation of writers willing to reveal themselves
Sidney Holt obituary
Fisheries scientist who fought for nearly 60 years to save great whales from extinction
Peter Wollen obituary
Film-maker and theorist whose groundbreaking textbook was instrumental in launching a new academic discipline
Jasper Griffin obituary
Influential Oxford classicist who brought new insights to the study of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Karl Meyer obituary
Other lives: Journalist on the New York Times and the Washington Post who covered major international stories including the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
MC Beaton obituary
Crime fiction writer who created the detectives Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin
Obituary: Alexander Frater 1937-2020
Wise, witty companion for whom the journey was the key
Alasdair Gray obituary
Artist in words and pictures whose novel Lanark sparked a creative flowering in his native Scotland
Rick Vick obituary
Other lives: Poet who taught in prisons and rehab centres
Roslyn Poignant obituary
Anthropologist, researcher and writer who became an expert on historic photographs
Andrea Levy remembered by Bill Mayblin
The author’s husband recalls her sure-footed wisdom, humour and humanity and the uplifting task of going through the notes and drafts she left behind
Toni Morrison remembered by Walter Mosley
The US crime writer remembers a literary great whose deep intellect, humanity and moral force inspired a generation of black Americans
Mary Warnock remembered by Onora O’Neill
The philosopher’s former student on a practical thinker whose public work on the IVF bill is her great legacy
Judith Kerr remembered by Lauren Child
The former children’s laureate on the beloved author’s fascination with the ordinary detail of life – and an encounter with David Beckham