Bruce Leigh obituary

Other lives: Bookseller and writer who became a dedicated Buddhist in Brighton

Clive King obituary

Author of Stig of the Dump, the children’s classic that has never been out of print since it was published in 1963

Artist and co-creator of the Marvel superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange

Literary editor, arts administrator, translator and poet who promoted Welsh cultural causes

Other lives: Designer of publications for government agencies

Other lives: Poet and teacher of literature and film

Short story writer who regenerated the science fiction genre in the US

Other lives: War correspondent, publisher, author, and art gallery proprietor

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

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