Richard Rathbone obituary

Other lives: Professor of African history at Soas who delighted in his membership of a local choir in Wales

Britt Allcroft obituary

Producer who adapted the books of the Rev Wilbert Awdry to create the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends

Trainer for the Special Operations Executive who acted as a ‘honey trap’ and later wrote novels based on her wartime experiences

Other lives: Historian of the Labour party who wrote a biography of the 1930s leader George Lansbury

Pakistani author whose novels offered an insight into the Parsi community and highlighted the challenges of reconciling different cultures

Prolific science fiction writer who conceived alternative lives for figures including Emily Dickinson and Sigmund Freud

American music journalist who chronicled ‘the mystery of the Rolling Stones’ in their pomp

Booker prize-nominated author and critic who was known for his Catholic novels and satires on academic life

One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for the 1974 pub bombings in the city who spent 17 years in jail

Children’s author and illustrator best known for the Topsy and Tim books

Scottish food writer who was a determined champion of her country’s natural produce and its regional recipes

Other lives: Psychotherapist, author and campaigner determined to improve people’s lives

Philosopher and management thinker who coined the phrase ‘portfolio’ career, and believed companies should retain their humanity

Other lives: Historian and numismatist of ancient Greece and wrote the standard work on the coinages of ancient Naples and Campania

Other lives: Teacher and writer who set up Gosport Men’s Shed