Tony Gould obituary

Other lives: Literary editor of New Society and New Statesman who wrote a social history of polio, a disease he contracted in his late teens

Eric Huntley obituary

Activist and co-founder of Bogle-L’Ouverture, one of the most important black publishing houses in Britain

Mirosław Chojecki obituary

Dissident publisher who smuggled presses, dollars, broadcasting equipment, books and audio cassettes into communist Poland

Dame Jilly Cooper obituary

Author whose bestselling novels, including Riders and Rivals, were set deep in an English countryside where the natives pursued land, sports, and each other, with lust and gusto

David Hirst obituary

The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent for four decades whose articles were key to understanding the region’s turmoil

Nick Kent obituary

Other lives: Journalist on the Daily Mirror who co-founded the Greyhound Star newspaper before moving into book publishing

Ronald Atkins obituary

Guardian jazz critic for over 30 years who also contributed widely to respected music books