Hans-Ulrich Wehler obituary

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

Andrew Causey obituary

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

Maya Angelou said she had thousands of daughters. I wonder if she ever knew really how many, writes Afua Hirsch

Writer, poet and civil rights campaigner lauded for her memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Controller of Radio 3 and Radio 4 who caused controversy with his shakeup of the schedules

Sociologist who championed the study of class inequality

Fiery conservationist, writer and defender of Canada's wilderness