Lockdown: the best free online experiences to stave off boredom
From Hamlet to Wu-Tang Clan to maths lessons for kids, there are countless ways to have fun
‘Let your kids get bored’: emergency advice from teachers on schooling at home
Suddenly the children are at home. How do you even start to educate them yourself? Here are expert tips from teachers
Top 10 books about boarding school
From Evelyn Waugh to Molesworth, novels set in these places of privilege are microcosmic studies of oppression and rebellion
Narnia to Wonderland: Oxford’s Story Museum brings kids’ books to life
Revamped Oxford attractions aims to awaken children in a district once ranked bottom for reading to the joy of storytelling
Paul Addison obituary
Historian of British politics and society during and after the second world war
David Gribble obituary
Other lives: Dedicated language teacher at Dartington Hall in Devon
Brian Lee obituary
Other lives: Leading figure in the development of American studies in the UK
Richard Garner obituary
Other lives: Long-serving education journalist who worked for the Daily Mirror and Independent
The Bilingual Brain by Albert Costa review – enlightening and astonishing
Does speaking more than one language alter your brain? The findings from a lifetime of research are revelatory
Michael Rosen condemns UK education system’s ‘fear of laughter’
Announcing the winners of this years Laugh Out Loud awards for the funniest children’s books, Rosen took aim at the ‘oppressive’ solemnity of today’s schools
George Steiner obituary
Polymath devoted to an ideal of literacy as private reading and to exploring the relationship between the Holocaust and civilisation
‘It happens to real people’: how to help children grasp the horror of the Holocaust
Remembering the questions of his own childhood has helped Michael Rosen to tell pupils difficult truths
Peter Wollen obituary
Film-maker and theorist whose groundbreaking textbook was instrumental in launching a new academic discipline
Jasper Griffin obituary
Influential Oxford classicist who brought new insights to the study of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Karl Meyer obituary
Other lives: Journalist on the New York Times and the Washington Post who covered major international stories including the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba