Michael Moran obituary
Other lives: Professor of government at Manchester University and a leading authority on British politics
Emma Smith obituary
Author who enjoyed a resurgence when her bestselling 1950 novel The Far Cry was republished more than 50 years later
David Russell obituary
Other lives: Author and collector of woodworking tooks
Karen Dawisha obituary
Author and academic whose book Putin’s Kleptocracy exposed how the Russian president rose to power
Peter Nicholls obituary
Other lives: Academic whose encyclopedia of science fiction became the definitive reference work
Maqbool Hasan Khan obituary
Other lives: English professor and bilingual literary critic whose passion was Shakespeare’s plays
Livia Gollancz obituary
Professional musician with a second career heading the publishing company Victor Gollancz
Pat Barr obituary
Writer and social historian fascinated by the impact of westerners in the far east
Peter Broome obituary
Other lives: Gifted teacher, communicator and literary critic who specialised in modern French poetry
Elizabeth Handy obituary
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Joanna Skelt obituary
Other lives: Birmingham’s poet laureate who found inspiration in the city’s diversity
Bob Biderman obituary
Other lives: Writer, publisher and activist
Philip Kerr obituary
Writer best known for his crime fiction books featuring the Berlin private detective Bernie Gunther
Zena Skinner obituary
Television cook and author who offered sensible, homely advice about traditional dishes to British viewers in the 1960s and 70s
Val Mulkerns obituary
Novelist and poet who became an important female voice in the literary canon of Ireland