David Coates obituary
Other lives: Political economist, author and liberal thinker who embraced the role of public intellectual
David Lowenthal obituary
Scholar who established heritage studies as an academic discipline in its own right
David Watkin obituary
Architectural historian and supporter of the classical tradition
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