John Fletcher obituary
Other lives: Literary scholar and academic who had a long friendship and correspondence with the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett
Ronald Atkins obituary
Guardian jazz critic for over 30 years who also contributed widely to respected music books
Joy Schaverien obituary
Psychoanalyst and art therapist hailed for her bestselling 2015 book Boarding School Syndrome
Michael Allaby obituary
Other lives: Ecological thinker who wrote 100 books on the environment, including A Blueprint for Survival with Edward Goldsmith
Joseph Nye obituary
US international affairs scholar who pointed to soft power as a complement to military and economic might
Peter Lovesey obituary
Crime writer known for his ‘history-mystery’ series about the Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb
Jane Gardam obituary
Prolific novelist and short-story writer with a taste for the absurd
June Goodfield obituary
Other lives: Scientist, historian, writer and film-maker who forged a role for herself at the interface between science and society
Neil Hornick obituary
Other lives: Co-founder and long-serving artistic director of the Phantom Captain experimental theatre company
Carol Diethe obituary
Other lives: Lecturer in the history of ideas who became one of the UK’s leading Nietzsche scholars
John Loveday obituary
Other lives: Headteacher who wrote a novel, a children’s book, several volumes of poetry and a memoir
Johnny Green obituary
Other lives: Road manager for the Clash who wrote a book about his time with the punk band
Martin Lee obituary
Other lives: Print consultant who worked with leading designers to produce high-end books such as Designed by Apple in California
Mario Vargas Llosa obituary
Peruvian novelist, essayist and aspiring politician who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2010
Alastair Niven obituary
Scholar and literary administrator who nurtured the talent of many writers from Africa, Asia and the Commonwealth