David Bellamy obituary

Botanist, environmentalist and broadcaster who communicated his love for the natural world to millions of viewers and listeners

Kate Figes obituary

Writer who excelled as an astute observer of people, in books exploring relationships and family life

Other lives: Long-serving head of the children’s department at a Manchester bookshop

Songwriter who had a huge hit with the Banana Boat Song – Day-O – performed by Harry Belafonte in the 1950s

One of Britain’s greatest military historians hailed for his 1961 masterpiece The Franco-Prussian War

Writer and academic best known for his 1972 book Outsider Art

Psychopharmacologist who started a clinic for people addicted to tranquillisers and wrote a manual on how to quit them safely

Writer of Bouquet of Barbed Wire, the TV series that shocked audiences and originated a new genre of glossy sex dramas

Pioneering dentist whose book on the structures supporting teeth is a key reference work

Other lives: Leader in brand licensing in the UK, whose work built on the childhood memories of generations

Other lives: Literary critic and writer who became head of the International Institute for Environment and Development

Editor of the Sunday Times who was at the helm during the fake Hitler diaries scandal of 1983

Other lives: Poet, novelist and biographer who published widely on both sides of the Atlantic

Environmentalist who first calculated the damage caused by clearing tropical rainforests to raise cattle for hamburgers

Textile conservator who became the first housekeeper for the National Trust and co-wrote its bestselling conservation manual