Margaret Wolfson obituary
Other lives: Pioneering female figure in development economics
Hylda Sims obituary
Other lives: Skiffle singer, poet, songwriter and activist
Peter Hobday obituary
Broadcaster and popular stalwart of Radio 4’s Today programme whose dismissal in 1996 infuriated listeners
Charles Sprawson obituary
Author of Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer As Hero
Terry Jones obituary
Monty Python star whose talents were highlighted in the show that revolutionised British TV comedy
Christopher Tolkien obituary
Son of JRR Tolkien who edited much of his father’s posthumously published work including The Silmarillion
Bob Sutcliffe obituary
Other lives: Economist who focused on colonialism and inequality
Lorenza Mazzetti obituary
Italian film-maker and author who became a founding member of the British Free Cinema movement
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