Stéphane Charbonnier obituary
Cartoonist and editor of the Charlie Hebdo magazine whose satire knew no bounds
Rod Taylor, star of Hitchcock thriller The Birds, dies aged 84
Actor’s other roles included the lead in HG Wells’s The Time Machine and cameo in Inglourious Basterds
Roberta Leigh obituary
Creator of children’s TV series such as Space Patrol and Torchy the Battery Boy, who also wrote romantic fiction for Mills & Boon
Ulrich Beck obituary
German sociologist who pointed to the risks that come from technological change
Ivor Grattan-Guinness obituary
Energetic historian of mathematics and logic
John Townsend obituary
Other lives: Librarian who made a significant contribution to Viking studies
John Gurney obituary
Other lives: Early modern historian and expert on Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement
William Fishman obituary
Historian of London’s East End, he recorded Jewish immigrants’ struggle out of poverty
Maya Angelou remembered by Jon Snow
Broadcaster Jon Snow, a friend of Angelou’s for more than 30 years, recalls the poet, activist and raconteur – and singer
PD James remembered by Richard Coles
Richard Coles: the crime writer was courteous and perspicacious – and alert to the gap between what was said and what was done
Gabriel García Márquez remembered by Edith Grossman
Edith Grossman, who translated seven of Gabriel García Márquez’s books, recalls a giant of literature and an ‘utterly delicious’ man
AL Rees obituary
Other lives: Writer and tutor in film criticism and theory, and an unbending supporter of experimental film-makers
Jim Hillier obituary
Other lives: Pioneer in establishing film as a serious area of study in the UK
Bill Heyck obituary
Other lives: American historian of Britain, whose work considered cultural and social movements no less important than politics
Ann Paludan obituary
Other Lives: Expert on Chinese sculpture and the tombs of the Ming dynasty and author of several books on Chinese stone carving