Alice Oswald elected Oxford professor of poetry by huge margin
Oswald will be the first woman to serve in the role, established three centuries ago
Nicholas Sparks defends diversity record at school after emails leak
Author of The Notebook and school’s co-founder says emails to former headmaster are ‘not news’ ahead of trial in August
What Cambridge University taught us about racism
Cambridge graduates Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi on their guide for fellow students, published by Stormzy’s #Merky Books
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
‘So many of our children had a loss to mourn. Isn’t that what poetry’s for?’
In an extract from her new book, poet and teacher Kate Clanchy on how a school poetry club enabled traumatised pupils to find their voice