Appreciation

The impeccable Penelope Keith

The actress, who has died at 86, never settled for stereotype

By Gerry Brakus

Roy Hattersley, bon viveur and Labour hero

My deputy leader was a political and literary Stakhanovite

By Neil Kinnock

David Hockney was as serious as he was fun

Behind the uncomplicated joy was an artist who always pushed boundaries

By Michael Prodger

Remembering Roy Hattersley, Labour titan

The former Labour deputy leader has died aged 93

By Steve Richards

David Hockney was a swirling, explosive star

The British artist has died aged 88

By Andrew Marr

Len Deighton was a revolutionary

Too many of Britain’s espionage writers were melancholy public schoolboys – Deighton was their antidote

By Stephen Smith

What Jürgen Habermas leaves behind

His legacy is the philosophical strength to see through our dark, illiberal age

By Jan-Werner Müller