Walter Laqueur obituary Distinguished historian, journalist and scholar who focused on terrorism, the Holocaust and the decline of Europe
Roger Mainwood obituary Film director and animator who brought Raymond Briggs’s stories to life on screen
Nicholas Faith obituary Journalist and scourge of the establishment who tempered his criticism when writing about the wine trade
George Parfitt obituary Other lives: Literary scholar, teacher and poet with a special interest in the 17th century
John Cunliffe obituary Creator of the Postman Pat stories, who depicted a community-spirited but disappearing world
David Coates obituary Other lives: Political economist, author and liberal thinker who embraced the role of public intellectual
David Lowenthal obituary Scholar who established heritage studies as an academic discipline in its own right
Sir Hugh Cortazzi obituary Ambassador to Japan in the early 1980s who became an expert on the country’s culture and history
Pierre Coustillas obituary Literary scholar dedicated to restoring the reputation of the Victorian novelist George Gissing
Ron Eatwell obituary Other lives: Head librarian of Surrey University who was interested in new technology