Other lives

Roy Oldham obituary

22 Jul 2010: Other lives: The longest-serving council leader in Britain, his stewardship of Tameside led to more than 50 national awards

Bill Hope obituary

21 Jul 2010: Other lives: A former teacher and inspector, he set up the first part-time diploma course for youth workers

20 Jul 2010: Other lives: Our mother, who has died of cancer aged 73, was a music teacher at Grey Coat school, Westminster, the Perse girls' school, Cambridge, and Homerton College, Cambridge, as well as being the musical director of Haslingfield choir and orchestra, which she founded in 1971.

Teshome Gabriel obituary

20 Jul 2010: Other lives: My friend and mentor, Teshome Gabriel, a leading film theorist, who has died of cardiac arrest aged 70, was an authority in the study of third world and postcolonial cinemas

Arthur Hayward obituary

19 Jul 2010: Other lives: My father, Arthur Hayward, who has died aged 87, was the first headmaster of the Cavendish school – a school with no rules. The students were told to use their common sense: "If it's stupid, don't do it!"

Marian Fagan obituary

19 Jul 2010: Other lives: My mother, Marian Fagan, who has died aged 97, was an independent, strong-minded person who campaigned for a better world for the many.

George Young obituary

18 Jul 2010: Other lives: Given up for dead after the D-Day assault, my father, George Young, survived his wounds and became a revered English teacher in Colchester, Essex.

David Ripley obituary

18 Jul 2010: Other lives: To describe the life of our son, David Ripley, who has died of leukaemia aged 38, as ordinary, is both a tribute and a misnomer.