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
Antony Maitland obituary
Illustrator and writer whose intricate drawings helped shape the look of children’s novels of the 60s and 70s
Andrea Sabbadini obituary
Psychoanalyst and writer who explored connections between film and the unconscious in a festival and several books
John Hall obituary
Other lives: English lecturer and poet who created one of the first degree courses in performance writing at Dartington College in Devon
Allan Ahlberg obituary
Writer of books such as Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! capturing a child’s outlook with his illustrator wife Janet
Thomas Neurath obituary
Publisher who led Thames & Hudson for half a century and developed its bestselling World of Art series
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o obituary
Distinguished Kenyan novelist, poet and academic who championed writing in African languages rather than in English
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Jane Tranter’s The Other Bennet Sister will ditch the ‘fetishisation’ of period drama to draw viewers into the novelist’s world
Peter Lovesey obituary
Crime writer known for his ‘history-mystery’ series about the Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb
Geoff Nicholson obituary
Author whose work examined the links between emotions, behaviour and location, notably in his novel Bleeding London
Jules Feiffer obituary
American cartoonist and writer who portrayed angst-ridden New Yorkers and exposed the hypocrisy of government
Morag Styles obituary
First professor of children’s poetry at Cambridge, who also worked to promote the teaching, dissemination and understanding of Caribbean poetry
Stanley Booth obituary
American music journalist who chronicled ‘the mystery of the Rolling Stones’ in their pomp
David Lodge obituary
Booker prize-nominated author and critic who was known for his Catholic novels and satires on academic life