Michael Allaby obituary Other lives: Ecological thinker who wrote 100 books on the environment, including A Blueprint for Survival with Edward Goldsmith
Joseph Nye obituary US international affairs scholar who pointed to soft power as a complement to military and economic might
Peter Lovesey obituary Crime writer known for his ‘history-mystery’ series about the Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb
June Goodfield obituary Other lives: Scientist, historian, writer and film-maker who forged a role for herself at the interface between science and society
Neil Hornick obituary Other lives: Co-founder and long-serving artistic director of the Phantom Captain experimental theatre company
Carol Diethe obituary Other lives: Lecturer in the history of ideas who became one of the UK’s leading Nietzsche scholars
John Loveday obituary Other lives: Headteacher who wrote a novel, a children’s book, several volumes of poetry and a memoir
Johnny Green obituary Other lives: Road manager for the Clash who wrote a book about his time with the punk band
Martin Lee obituary Other lives: Print consultant who worked with leading designers to produce high-end books such as Designed by Apple in California
Alastair Niven obituary Scholar and literary administrator who nurtured the talent of many writers from Africa, Asia and the Commonwealth
Clive Wilmer obituary Poet and scholar who promoted the work of John Ruskin and edited a selection of Thom Gunn’s essays
Dag Solstad obituary Norwegian novelist who sustained a reputation as both seer and comrade for readers and writers for half a century
Michael Burns obituary Other lives: Cricket historian who wrote Seven Summers, an account of Surrey’s seven consecutive county championship triumphs
Joseph Wambaugh obituary Bestselling crime writer whose work drew on his own experience as an LAPD detective