David Greer obituary

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

Edward Pearce obituary

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

Writer on films and ‘editor extraordinaire’ who set up her own film and theatre services company

Other lives: BBC documentary producer who became an author and historian

Author, journalist and leading literary figure who discovered and encouraged writers including Bruce Chatwin and Alan Hollinghurst

Diplomat turned Observer journalist whose book on global threats, The Seventh Enemy, was ahead of its time

One of the leading graphic designers of his generation

Architectural librarian and curator of drawings who changed the way that architecture was studied and interpreted in Britain and internationally

Ornithologist, conservationist and publisher with a special interest in wildlife art

Other lives: Author, historian, actor and press officer