Myrtle Allen obituary

Restaurateur and writer who created a new Irish cuisine rooted in the farm-to-table concept

Miriam Griffin obituary

Oxford classical scholar and expert on Seneca who offered new insights into the torrid world of Roman imperial politics

Croatian author who shone a spotlight on her country’s complicity in the Holocaust

Other lives: Teacher and specialist in African legal systems

An accomplished poet who brushed off the caricatures her life attracted as wife of Harold Wilson

Other lives: Founder of Editions Alecto and Petersburg Press

Controversial historian of the Middle East and expert on Islam who was an influential adviser to the Bush administration

Renowned American cookery writer who enjoyed success with her 1987 bestseller Microwave Gourmet

Writer and broadcaster keen to share his many passions

Other lives: Founder member of the Society of Indexers

Charismatic publisher who combined erudition with commercial savvy to turn Penguin Books into a global brand

Other lives: Librarian at the forefront of technological change in the British Library

Journalist who campaigned on behalf of those he believed were victims of miscarriage of justice

Artist, television scriptwriter and author of thrillers featuring unheroic heroes

Other lives: Novelist whose forte was the short story