Geoffrey Hawthorn obituary

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

Agatha Sadler obituary

Other lives: Bookseller beloved by artists and art historians

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

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

Psychiatrist who transformed the ‘world bible’ of psychiatric diagnosis

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

Other lives: South Asian scholar who co-authored many books about India

Writer whose success was guaranteed after the novel Logan’s Run was turned into a Hollywood film

Other lives: Historian in the study of the Italian Renaissance

A personal reminiscence of the writer and neurologist’s towering physique, his role as a defender of those with mental illness and his love of family

The bestselling novelist was a generous champion of equality, whose raunchy, page-turning books gave readers access to life in Hollywood

Chief inspector of the Good Food Guide who became wine correspondent of the Guardian in the 1980s

Romanian translator who achieved celebrity status in her native country

Author, television screenwriter and producer who worked on Doctor Who, Z Cars, The Professionals and The Omega Factor

Literary scholar who devoted most of his career to the study of John Ruskin