Lindy Jones obituary

Other lives: Author and teacher whose memoir of life with motor neurone disease became a viral success

Val Biro obituary

Children's author and illustrator who created Gumdrop, the adventurous vintage car

Percussionist and Goon-ish comic of the Temperance Seven who became a successful partwork publisher

Leading authority on Russian music with an enduring interest in the enigmatic character of Tchaikovsky

Writer on Turkey who produced a notable biography of Atatürk

Historian who revolutionised the study of German society and became one of the country's leading public intellectuals

Art historian and critic who taught at St Martin's and became a trustee of the Henry Moore Foundation

Despite its 1970s setting, Freaky Friday has continued to entertain readers into the 21st century

US athlete who survived torture in Japanese prison camps and became the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken

Distinguished writer, editor and TV producer with a gift for explaining what scientists do and why they do it

Author and poet who wrote A Goat's Song, one of the great Irish novels of recent times

Composer of the musical Once Upon a Mattress who went on to write the bestseller Freaky Friday

Photographer, author and painter, with a passion for flamenco guitar

Former publisher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, whose writing on culture and technology spanned the ideological divide

Author and illustrator of the bestselling Where's Spot?, the lift-the-flap picture book about a lovable puppy