Iain Banks remembered by Michelle Hodgson
Michelle Hodgson, once Iain Banks's press officer, recalls the warm friendship she shared with the author for nearly 25 years
Chinua Achebe remembered by Binyavanga Wainaina
Binyavanga Wainaina, Chinua Achebe's friend, colleague and fellow writer, recalls the inspirational Nigerian novelist
Seamus Heaney remembered by Polly Devlin
Polly Devlin, sister-in-law of the great Irish poet and Nobel laureate, recalls his fine-grained intelligence, his generosity, humour – and the time he rustled up a perfect poem on demand
Elmore Leonard remembered by Peter Leonard
'Elmore was the coolest guy I knew,' says Peter Leonard, the acclaimed US crime writer's son
Peter Frank obituary
Academic and broadcaster who made Russian politics intelligible to a British audience
Anne Barton obituary
Shakespeare scholar whose accuracy of perception brought out the playwright's brilliance and humanity
William Weaver obituary
Renowned translator best known for rendering the robust Italian prose of Eco's The Name of the Rose into nuanced English
Vi Hughes obituary
Other lives: English literature tutor who created new opportunities for older people to do research
John Playfair obituary
Other lives: Professor of immunology with interests in clarinets and crime writing
Frank Gray obituary
Other lives: Journalist with special expertise in obituaries, jazz, cigars and all things Spanish
Michael Harvey obituary
Pioneer in the craft of lettering and the development of typefaces
Dorothy Brown obituary
Other lives: Campaigner determined to save the historic buildings of Bristol
John Cloudsley-Thompson obituary
Naturalist whose studies of desert wildlife began during his wartime posting in North Africa
Jessica Huntley obituary
Political campaigner who co-founded the publisher Bogle-L'Ouverture, named after two Caribbean resistance heroes