‘Soon you’ll hit gold!’: the day I took lessons with Herzog, Atwood, Lynch and more

Comedy tips from Steve Martin, film-making lessons from David Lynch, ballet insights from Misty Copeland … our writer signs up for MasterClass, the star-studded online tutorial service that’s booming in lockdown

Aileen Christianson obituary

Other lives: Writer and academic driven by her twin obsessions, Scottishness and femaleness

Nigerian ex-Eton pupil says he will return to accept racism apology

Novelist Dillibe Onyeama wrote book about abuse received during time at elite school

The new monuments we need? Your nan’s old dress or a Stormzy lyric carved in stone

Instead of stern, elevated statues, here are some ways I’d like to remember

Britain can no longer ignore its darkest chapters – we must teach black history

As they take to the streets and tear down statues, younger generations who have educated themselves are exposing how whitewashed the national curriculum is

Blam! Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger to teach British pupils about money

Bank of England and Beano team up in primary school course on financial literacy

Jacqueline Wilson asks children to join Silly Squad this summer

Tracy Beaker author says theme for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge is reading for fun and asks young readers to pick books that make them happy

Margaret Meek Spencer obituary

Educationist who saw a child’s joy in the story as the key to learning to read

Wild Child review – notes from the landscape of childhood

Patrick Barkham’s memoir about trying to raise his children in harmony with nature is thoughtful and poignant

Wild Child by Patrick Barkham review – why children need nature

From blackberry picking to digging a pond ... a perfect lockdown reminder of how having fun outdoors is essential for children, in cities as well as the countryside

Can you solve it? Are you smarter than an 8-year-old?

Four playful puzzles for kids in quarantine

Free food and $100 prizes: Alaskans rally to get challenged classics to students

After school board in Alaska pulls books by authors including F Scott Fitzgerald from the curriculum, local businesses are working to encourage reading them

Roger Matthews obituary

Pioneer of left realism within criminology who questioned state responses to prostitution

Ay, to the proof: did Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew have two authors?

Groundbreaking linguistic analysis indicates Christopher Marlowe co-wrote section of play

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