Drexciya: how Afrofuturism is inspiring calls for an ocean memorial to slavery
The alternative Black history of a deep-sea civilisation planted the seed for ideas on how to memorialise the 1.8 million Africans who died in the Atlantic
Phil Rogers obituary
Welsh studio potter, tutor and author in the anglo-oriental tradition whose work is found in museums worldwide
I was bored of chats about house prices and polyamory – but I had a secret plan for happiness
Desperate to regain my sense of wonder, I have spent 18 months learning about the world
Adam Kay: ‘We should talk to kids about sex and alcohol. Everything goes wrong when people close up’
The comedian, whose diaries of his years as a junior doctor became a bestseller, talks about the ‘astonishing’ efforts of the NHS in 2020, and his new guide to the body for children
‘It is never about him’: how Marcus Rashford became such a devastating activist
An injury set the England footballer on a mission to tackle inequalities he faced as a child
Milkman to Mark Twain: online exhibition celebrates telephones in literature
Crossed Lines connects with bookworms and technology buffs in era when phones central for communication
Pandemic drives ebook and audiobook sales by UK publishers to all-time high
Printed book sales plunge in first six months of 2020 on back of shop and school closures
No 10 has done a ‘U-turn’ on school meals: where does the term come from?
The government’s reversal of policy on free school meals is just the latest in its long line of U-turns
Penguin launches project to boost diversity in GCSE reading lists
Lit in Colour, the publisher’s partnership with the Runnymede Trust, hopes to redress imbalances in English literature courses
Free school meals: 200 children’s authors condemn government
Shirley Hughes and Philip Pullman among signatories of letter decrying lack of provision
Stephen Cohen obituary
US historian who argued that the Soviet Union could have been reformed and need not have ended when it did
Bernardine Evaristo slams literature teaching for bias to ‘whiteness and maleness’
Booker-winning novelist uses New Statesman/Goldsmiths prize lecture to attack ‘academics who still refuse to reassess their reading lists’
Authors hope The Lost Words followup will inspire action and change
The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris celebrates the magic of British wildlife
Many GCSE pupils never study a book by a black author
Exam board AQA features no black writers on GCSE English literature syllabus
Head, Hand, Heart by David Goodhart review – let’s think practically
Goodhart makes a strong case for reviving the status of work outside the ‘knowledge economy’, as the age of automation approaches