Roy Palmer obituary

Author of more than 30 books on folksong and folklore who was keen to bring out the historical context of the music

Wanda Newby obituary

Other lives: Author and muse to her husband the renowned travel writer Eric Newby

Other lives: Artist, photographer, sculptor and writer whose home became a hub of the radical left

Typographer who created elegant, reader-friendly designs for publishers including Faber & Faber and Chatto & Windus

Historian of Wales and broadcaster whose books gave a detailed overview of his country’s story

Leading ecologist of trees and landscape who debunked the ‘pseudo-history’ of forests

Psychoanalyst who was able to free individuals and institutions from conflict

Brilliant and acerbic cartoonist whose work appeared in Punch, Private Eye and several national newspapers

Other lives: Writer, poet and teacher with involvement in many arts projects

Historian whose books on the French Revolution emphasised social tensions as the root cause of the uprising

Illustrator of children’s books and creator of The Secret Fairy

Other lives: Teacher who encouraged the study of local history in Lincolnshire

A champion of African nationalism, and one of the continent’s most radical and influential historians

Journalist, music critic and authority on the works of Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss and Ralph Vaughan Williams

Coalface worker and writer who made his name as the Miner Poet