Val Mulkerns obituary

Novelist and poet who became an important female voice in the literary canon of Ireland

Sir Wilson Harris obituary

Writer and leading figure in postcolonial literature whose work was inspired by Guyana, the place of his birth

Other lives: Renowned scholar of the work of the 13th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet, theologian and mystic Rumi

Other lives: Economist with a global outlook and a love of his native Wales

Writer whose Guardian columns took the dross of the everyday as the basis for perceptive, funny and unflinching observation

Other lives: Music journalist with a wide-ranging interest in media and the arts

Bestselling author whose complex blockbusters about love, secrets and boardroom intrigue sold millions worldwide

Other lives: Expert on the English civil war

Other lives: Academic and expert on English music of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods

Political journalist, columnist and biographer who worked for the Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and the Guardian

Founder of the fiercely independent Souvenir Press who arrived in Britain on the Kindertransport on the eve of the second world war

Biographer and author who wrote about Modigliani, Marie Stopes and Elizabeth Fry

Political scientist and author who was the leading theorist of non-violent protest and resistance

Typographer and designer who aimed for perfection with his books

Director of the Institute of Race Relations who helped change the way Britain thought about race