The writer and Holocaust survivor fought for truth and justice, defending persecuted people of all races and religions. He taught us that the word ‘refugee’ need not be unpopular

A writer with an exemplary, generous eye, she was transgressive, warm, intelligent, surreal and bloody funny – she could gently overturn the world

In his introduction and previously unpublished poem, the former poet laureate recalls how Peter Way, who died last month, nurtured his love of literature

The author of the comic masterpiece At Swim-Two-Birds would have laughed at the notion of being anybody’s hero

Lubetkin became my hero when I discovered that he had built some of the finest council housing in London, as well as tthe now-abandoned penguin pool at London Zoo

‘The Story of the Lost Child’ has just been longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International prize

Philip Ardagh remembers the author who died this week. ‘Her laughter will live on through the pages of her very funny books. She was a class act’

The author of Name of the Rose was a model European intellectual who anticipated the Da Vinci Code

‘He changed the way we think about Anglo-Jewish history and added to our understanding of the Holocaust’

Author and journalist Valerie Grove pays tribute to the novelist and biographer who died this week

The historical novelist celebrates the 200th anniversary of a writer who held her own among the greats of her day

Under lifelong pressure from the Stalinist state, being a coward was the only sensible choice

Lord Weidenfeld, who died this week aged 96, hired author Lady Antonia Fraser when she first started writing. She remembers him introducing her to Wagner and for his perfect chat-up line: “Have you ever thought of writing a book?”

Capote’s literary masterpiece about a real killing spree in a small Kansas community paved the way for the non-fiction novel and remains a tense and unsettling read

In his graceful writing, McIlvanney captured the beauty and dignity of ordinary men and women faced with the challenges of life

It’s 100 years since Einstein completed his theory of relativity, transforming our understanding of the universe

For great artists time is unfixed, and they can tune into the essences of other eras. I came to see John as a kind of Edwardian type – he’s the Melancholy Dandy

He was the happiest, most awake middle-aged man I’ve ever met

The astronomer royal pays tribute to polymath Lisa Jardine, who died this week

‘Her novels transformed the way I think,’ says this year’s Man Booker winner