Ved Mehta proved that blindness is no obstacle to sparkling observation
The New Yorker writer, who died last month, detailed the world with such clarity that some doubted his disability, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
Fall by John Preston review – the mysterious life and death of Robert Maxwell
The author of A Very English Scandal details the media tycoon’s bullying, lies and looting of pension funds in an absorbing profile of the war hero turned rogue
London Review of Books editor Mary-Kay Wilmers steps down after 30 years
Influential editor and co-founder of the literary magazine to be succeeded by senior staff
Godfrey Hodgson obituary
Journalist, broadcaster and influential historian of American society and politics
Fall by John Preston review – the truth about Robert Maxwell
The author of A Very English Scandal charts the rise, ignominious fall and not-so-mysterious death of the publishing tycoon, who was obsessed with his rival, Rupert Murdoch
John Heilpern obituary
Critic and author of two theatre classics who, over a career of more than 50 years, interviewed many of the greats
Pioneering Observer columnist Katharine Whitehorn dies aged 92
The first woman to have her own column in the Observer, Whitehorn was a celebrated writer and author
PRH owner Bertelsmann to buy Simon & Schuster in $2bn deal
German media firm, already owner of the giant Penguin Random House, says acquisition of another major publisher is ‘approvable’ within monopoly rules
Jan Morris, historian, travel writer and trans pioneer, dies aged 94
From her Everest scoop to her journey as a trans woman, the author’s authoritative voice and questioning mind found an eager audience
Lionel Barber: ‘I enjoyed access to thugs and the very rich. It was my job to understand power’
The former FT editor is publishing his diaries, but despite his amazing access to the great and not so great, they are remarkable for what they omit
The Powerful and the Damned by Lionel Barber review – cosying up to power?
All too revealing of how the system works ... how the talented former chief of the FT, capitalism’s house journal, was in thrall to ‘movers and shakers’
Reni Eddo-Lodge demands apology from Spectator over segregation comments
Bestselling author has lodged complaint with Ipso after the magazine refused to apologise for printing remarks made by junior equalities minister Kemi Badenoch
Sir Peregrine Worsthorne obituary
Editor of the Sunday Telegraph, author and contrarian columnist who was one of the last high Tory commentators
Martin Short obituary
Television journalist whose films and books exposed police corruption and the covert world of Freemasonry
JK Rowling’s Troubled Blood: don’t judge a book by a single review
It is tone-deaf of Rowling to write a killer who disguises himself in women’s clothing, but we should be wary when one review in the Telegraph is reproduced without question