Eric Clark obituary

Other lives: Consummate newspaperman and a fine writer with an immense range

Alistair Elliot obituary

Poet and translator whose work was inspired by the classical world

The co-creator of Marvel Comics superheroes including Spider-Man and the X-Men who took them on to screen success

One of the world’s bestselling authors whose stories could be read as allegories for the tyranny of the communist regime in China

Other lives: Scottish writer and intellectual admired for his major work The Twentieth Century Book of the Dead

Renowned photojournalist who documented the life of Istanbul, his home city, in his poetic and poignant pictures

Other lives: Eminent historian of the Highland clearances and of emigration

Poet, writer and activist who examined the traps and seductions of power relationships – domestic, sexual and social

Other lives: Economics lecturer, poetry editor and author

Translator best known for her witty English rendering of Asterix, the popular French comic book series

Other lives: Poet and writer who focused on Britain’s walks, ancient tracks and traditions

Other lives: Actor and author who wrote The Sewing Machine Man

Broadcaster, writer and prolific biographer of Hollywood and showbusiness stars

Other lives: Artist who expressed himself playfully in words, music and visual arts

Prolific author who wrote more than 50 novels, including The Tamarind Seed, which was turned into a hit film in 1974