Heather Smith obituary

Other lives: Aircraft mechanic during the second world war who later became a social worker

Ursula Barnett obituary

Other lives: Political activist and scholar who helped found the Women’s Movement for Peace in South Africa

Diana Mitchell obituary

Zimbabwean writer who was a determined opponent of the racist policies of Ian Smith’s Rhodesian Front government

Sir Terry Wogan obituary

Hugely popular radio and TV broadcaster loved for the wry sense of humour he brought to his Radio 2 show, Blankety Blank and the Eurovision Song Contest

Lloyd Rudolph obituary

Other lives: Expert on South Asia studies and a professor of political science at the University of Chicago

Geoffrey Hawthorn obituary

Social and political theorist who believed that the ambition to develop a ‘science of society’ was fundamentally flawed

Geoffrey Whatmore obituary

Other lives: Librarian who brought effective reference services to the Manchester Guardian, the Daily Mirror and the BBC

Ronald Frankenberg obituary

Academic whose book Village on the Border pioneered the application of anthropological methods to British society

Sylvester Stein obituary

Writer and athlete who edited the South African magazine Drum and launched several fitness magazines