Chenjerai Hove obituary

Leading Zimbabwean novelist and poet who left his native country to live in exile in the west in 2001

Charles Hannam obituary

Other lives: Charismastic teacher and influential author who arrived in Britain on one of the last Kindertransport trains from Germany before the second world war

Ralph Hyde obituary

Historian of maps and prints who published many books about London’s urban development

Ian Allan obituary

Locomotive enthusiast who became one of the most successful railway publishers

James Malpas obituary

Art historian and lecturer keen to make his subject accessible through his witty writings and radio broadcasts

Harry Lesser obituary

Other lives: Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Manchester for more than 40 years

Brian Sedgemore obituary

Controversial former Labour MP with a reputation as a political bruiser who defected to the Lib Dems in the middle of the 2005 general election campaign