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Sheila Canby obituary
American art historian and museum curator with a special focus on Iran and the Islamic world
Ivan Klíma obituary
Czech novelist and playwright whose work was banned under communism
Judy Taylor obituary
Doyenne of children’s publishing who promoted Beatrix Potter and nurtured Maurice Sendak’s talent
John Russell Taylor obituary
Film and art critic and cultural historian who wrote an authorised biography of Alfred Hitchcock
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
John Searle obituary
American philosopher whose Chinese Room thought experiment rebuts the idea that computers can think as humans do
Brian Patten obituary
One of the Liverpool poets, along with Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, who was a perceptive writer on love
Tony Harrison obituary
Outspoken poet and dramatist admired for his stage adaptations, including The Mysteries
Antony Maitland obituary
Illustrator and writer whose intricate drawings helped shape the look of children’s novels of the 60s and 70s
David Hirst obituary
The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent for four decades whose articles were key to understanding the region’s turmoil
Andrea Sabbadini obituary
Psychoanalyst and writer who explored connections between film and the unconscious in a festival and several books
Rosalyn Drexler obituary
Artist, novelist, playwright and wrestler whose pop art collages dealt with gender violence and racism
Brian Lewis obituary
Other lives: Founder of a community publishing and arts body that aimed to give ordinary Yorkshire folk a voice
Eric Midwinter obituary
Educationist, writer, broadcaster and co-founder of the University of the Third Age (u3a), whose members teach and learn from each other in a network of groups