Robert Welch obituary

Other lives: Teacher and writer admired for introducing Irish culture to a wide audience

Alan Martin obituary

Other lives: Dancer, musician and poet who overcame profound disabilities and inspired many others

Jan Ormerod obituary

Illustrator and author of books for young children with a genius for simple storytelling

David Tipton obituary

Other lives: Writer, translator and poetry publisher who established Redbeck Press

Archie Roy obituary

Leading Scottish astronomer whose interest in psychic research earned him the nickname of 'Glasgow's ghostbuster'

John Reed obituary

Other lives: Academic and translator of poetry whose heart belonged to Africa

Simon Lane obituary

Other lives: Writer, artist and bon vivant who settled in Paris and then moved to Rio de Janeiro

Jakob Arjouni obituary

German crime writer whose private eye Kemal Kayankaya operated in Frankfurt's seedy underworld

Gigi Giannuzzi obituary

Other lives: Maverick and radical member of London's photography community who founded Trolley Books