The Coddling of the American Mind review – how elite US liberals have turned rightwards

Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt’s book sets out to rescue students from ‘microaggressions’ and identity politics. But perhaps they merely resist change that might undermine them

Oxford English Dictionary asks teenagers to explain modern slang

OED wants young people to share their ‘particularly elusive’ language, as it evolves through media such as Snapchat and WhatsApp

William Shakespeare: father’s legal skirmishes shed light on bard’s early years

Newly found documents in the National Archives show the playwright’s father John was harassed by Crown informers, which may have influenced his attitude to power and class

What’s behind Mark Zuckerberg’s man-crush on Emperor Augustus?

The Facebook founder’s bromantic hero was a canny operator who was obsessed with power and overrode democracy

Brazil National Museum: as much as 90% of collection destroyed in fire

Building was not insured, the museum’s deputy director said, but some pieces survived including the Bendegó meteorite

Life Lessons by Melissa Benn book review – clarion call to hearten the weariest teacher

The campaigner’s 15-point plan for a National Education Service would tackle inequality – and ease the pressures on teachers

From the archive: getting ready for university in 1985

Ian McEwan, Rose Tremain and Peter Whalley reveal what they really thought about going to uni and how it prepared them for life

Posh Boys: How the English Public Schools Ruin Britain – review

Robert Verkaik comprehensively illustrates the toxic stranglehold the public school system has on Britain

Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s librarian: ‘I feel a huge responsibility. I don’t want to screw it up’

The author and Oxford fellow on the joys of the city’s Covered Market, the importance of tea and debating with his daughter

Manchester University students paint over Rudyard Kipling mural

Students replace poem If by ‘well-known racist’ with Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise

Country diary: metamorphosis in a museum tower

Oxford: For 70 years, researchers have been watching ‘particularly hideous’ young swifts turn into long-winged angels

Only 1% of children’s books have BAME main characters – UK study

Research finds that of 9,115 titles published last year, only 4% featured BAME characters

How Minecraft is helping kids fall in love with books

Ever wanted to explore Treasure Island or pretend to be Robinson Crusoe? Minecraft is now being used to create an ‘immersive experience’ to engage reluctant readers – we see how it plays out

Renaming the Laura Ingalls Wilder award isn’t disturbing, William Shatner – it’s necessary

The Star Trek actor disagrees with the award being renamed because of her racist views on Native Americans, but these kinds of actions are needed

England: Poems from a School, edited by Kate Clanchy – review

A poetry anthology by immigrant schoolchildren in Oxford are full of heart and resolve