£2m fails to paper over library service cracks
The government allocated an extra £2m to public libraries in England yesterday to help allay anxiety about their future.
Childhood home of Wordsworth brought back to life
£1m restoration of poet's birthplace in Cockermouth where he spent his 'sweet childish days' aims to inspire new generations.
Library experts ‘sidelined in crisis summit’
Service could be extinct in 20 years if trend goes on.
The choicest cut
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall takes the traditional, integrated approach to breeding animals for food, winning over Felicity Lawrence with The River Cottage Meat Book
Dram dream
Giles Foden knocks back the malt with Michael Jackson's guide to the spirit of life, Malt Whisky Companion
Inga-Stina Ewbank
Inga-Stina Ewbank: Distinguished Shakespeare scholar and linguist with a passion for Scandinavian drama that led to translations of Ibsen and Strindberg.
Fosco Maraini
Italian explorer and travel writer who brought his understanding of the east to the west.
The power of words
Does being a teacher of English give you power over your foreign pupils? Elizabeth Cripps reports on research into the politics of language.
Hellé-raiser
Miranda Seymour revels in The Bugatti Queen, the tale of a shameless former stripper who won the world's first Grand Prix for women
The new Jerusalem
Today, Britain's cities go to the polls to elect their councils. But the modern municipal authority is a pale shadow of its former self. In this exclusive extract from his new book on the Victorian city, Building Jerusalem, Tristram Hunt tells the story of the 20th century collapse of council power
All human life is here (and more)
The Aventis is the Booker of the science world. And the winner is no easier to pick, says former judge Tim Radford.
Sound of Bloomsday comes 100 years later
Audiobooks mark centenary of Joyce's famed literary walk.