Big Issue founder launches magazine to tackle illiteracy
John Bird says Chapter Catcher will do for illiteracy what the Big Issue did for homelessness
Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors review – grisly gags at the Tower of London
Iffy insults fly, heads bounce around and the wiper of the king’s bottom takes a bow – all in the moat where alligators swam
Brushes with the law: how teaching art to women in prison changed their outlook
Mim Skinner spent two years teaching prisoners. Now she’s written a book, Jailbirds, to change our view of incarcerated women – and how we can support them on the outside
Fly me to the moon: the best ways to mark the Apollo 11 anniversary
From great exhibitions and books to lunar festivals, our guide to the best celebrations of 50 years since the moon landing
Oxford poetry professor contest kicks off amid growing controversy
Three candidates – Alice Oswald, Andrew McMillan and Todd Swift – issue campaign statements, as efforts to exclude Swift gather steam
Barcelona school removes 200 sexist children’s books
Other schools look to follow after Tàber school takes out one-third of its collection, deeming the books ‘highly stereotypical and sexist’
Dorothy Rowe obituary
Psychologist who believed in listening to patients, and could express complex ideas with brilliant simplicity
It’s sobering and shaming that teenagers know more than their parents about history
Adrian Chiles: When my daughter asked for help with her GCSE revision, I thought this is what fatherhood is all about. It turns out I have much to learn
Gilded Youth by James Brooke-Smith review – privilege, rebellion and the British public school
From Shelley to dandies to Orwell (perhaps) … public schools have produced rebels as well as shoring up elitism
Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me by Kate Clanchy review – the reality of school life
A teacher’s honest, personal account of state education puts individual children at its centre
Kate Clanchy: ‘Poetry makes children feel important, that they’re heard’
The writer and schoolteacher on poetry’s power to inspire the young
Plagiarism, ‘book-stuffing’, clickfarms … the rotten side of self-publishing
Scams are rife, particularly when some authors can rake in thousands each month – but high-profile victims of plagiarism warn ‘day of reckoning is coming’
‘I’m an Orkney librarian driving to a school when a wave engulfs my van’
My job as a librarian in Orkney involves hair raising commutes as well as running coding clubs and a community service
Okwui Enwezor: the Nigerian who confronted the European art canon
The curator, who has died aged 55, was the only person to curate both the Venice Biennale and Documenta, helped redefine what African art could be and provided a platform for the likes of Steve McQueen
Philosopher Mary Warnock dies aged 94
Lady Warnock laid foundations for special needs teaching and fertility treatment regulations