Sue Townsend obituary: Author whose hapless, brilliantly drawn teenage hero, Adrian Mole, made her the bestselling author of the 1980s

Obituary of Sue Townsend in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Amiri Baraka: Poet, playwright and civil rights campaigner whose work made him a central figure in the Black Arts Movement

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