Andy Ward obituary

Other lives: Author of books on sports and higher education, including a narrative account of the Hillsborough disaster

Peter Mackridge obituary

Pioneer of Modern Greek studies in British universities fascinated by questions of language and identity

Children’s authors and Duchess of Cornwall unveil school library in Wales

Millbrook primary in Newport among first to be revamped as part of campaign

Tory contempt for the arts means we face a second dark age

Proposed cuts to English lit courses are symptomatic of the Conservatives’ ignorance of culture and disregard for ordinary people’s access to it

Sir Laurence Martin obituary

Historian and security strategist who was aware of the elusiveness of a relationship of trust with a nuclear power such as the Soviet Union

Philip Pullman leads outcry after Sheffield Hallam withdraws English lit degree

Study of literature should not be a ‘luxury for a wealthy minority of spoilt aesthetes’, author says

Nadhim Zahawi: axing Larkin and Owen poems for GCSE is cultural vandalism

Education secretary denounces exam board’s decision to replace the two poets in English literature course

I Heard What You Said by Jeffrey Boakye review – a lesson in everyday racism

The teacher relates his experiences in the education system – many of them shocking – with insight, intelligence and wit

I Heard What You Said by Jeffrey Boakye review – reflections of a Black school teacher

Timely insights into the ways in which Britain’s education system is failing to cater for all of its students

‘It’s about self-definition’: behind the early battle to teach Black history in US schools

A new book details the incredible work of Madeline Morgan, a teacher and activist who was determined to bring about the ‘alternative Black curriculum’

Cressida Cowell renews call for £100m investment in primary school libraries

The outgoing children’s laureate has transformed six primary schools through her Life-changing Libraries initiative, but says a ringfenced fund is needed for lasting impact

Why are books on the English school curriculum still in the grip of straight, white men?

Children in diverse societies need a broader range to learn about themselves and the world, says author Jeffrey Boakye

Racism in English education should be seen as safeguarding issue, says author

Jeffrey Boakye argues in new book that schools are unsafe places for students marginalised by race

Paul Ginsborg obituary

Historian, author and leftwing activist who was professor of contemporary European history at the University of Florence

‘We were always trying to push boundaries’: Jim Howick on breaking taboos, coping with life and the joy of dogs

Jim Howick’s wicked sense of humour helped turn Horrible Histories, Ghosts and Sex Education into massive hits. Here, the actor and writer reveals how he’s always made it up as he went along