Her university dissertation was on Marina Tsvetaeva, a poet then in deep official disfavour.

ECONOMIST: Anna Politkovskaya

Lawyers who defend corporations tremble to think how the new rules will tilt the playing field in their disfavour.

ECONOMIST: Corporate governance

Benton was a popular mural painter until a change in political climate led his paintings to fall into disfavour.

ECONOMIST: Post-war artists

He was always a man who spoke his mind and his campaigning for justice often brought him into disfavour with the legal establishment.

BBC: Obituary: Sir Ludovic Kennedy