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

Alasdair Gray obituary

Artist in words and pictures whose novel Lanark sparked a creative flowering in his native Scotland

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