John Springhall obituary
Other lives: Pioneer in the field of youth studies who also wrote widely on imperialism
John Russell Brown obituary
Eminent Shakespearean scholar and theatre director who advocated the primacy of the playwright’s musical language in modern productions
Susan Sheridan obituary
Actor best known for her radio role as Trillian in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Kate Taylor obituary
Other lives: Teacher and lecturer who wrote books about her home town of Wakefield
Brian Nisbet obituary
Other lives: Careers adviser and published poet who also worked with young people with special needs
Marion Whybrow obituary
Art historian whose writing illuminated the story of the St Ives art colony
Sebastiano Vassalli obituary
Author who focused on his native Italy – both its beauty and its shortcomings
Bryan Nelson obituary
Ornithologist devoted to studying, filming and writing about seabirds, he became the ‘biographer’ of the gannet
Appreciation: Chenjerai Hove, 1956-2015
Generous and inspiring, the prolific Zimbabwean writer and activist, who has died in exile in Norway, should be hailed as a national treasure
EL Doctorow obituary
One of the most celebrated American novelists best known for his historical fiction whose books Ragtime and Billy Bathgate were turned into films
Chenjerai Hove obituary
Leading Zimbabwean novelist and poet who left his native country to live in exile in the west in 2001
Sheila Whiteley obituary
Emeritus professor who held Britain’s first chair of popular music
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