Cambridge academics seek to ‘decolonise’ English syllabus
University condemns abuse directed at group of students who sought to broaden literature studies to include black authors
‘Have you seen the maggots yet?’ Lindsey Fitzharris on the gruesome history of surgery
Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris is obsessed with mortality – and her new book examines the work of early surgeons, who operated on the dividing line between here and the hereafter
Want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness: are Beveridge’s five evils back?
It’s 75 years since the Beveridge report paved the way for the welfare state, and the UK is again plagued by the problems he aimed to eradicate – from insecure jobs to malnutrition
British philosopher Onora O’Neill wins $1m Berggruen prize
Cambridge emeritus professor is praised for combining ‘rigour with timely prescriptions for what we really need to do’
Hard times: 20th century conflict dominates historical fiction
Research into 650 novels submitted to the Walter Scott prize finds the second world war is the favourite setting for historical novels, while the shifting Victorian and Georgian eras eclipse ‘just a smattering’ of ancient settings
Stop. Grammar time: the adult word nerds going back to school
Formal grammar was taken out of the Australian curriculum in the mid-1970s – and some of us have catching up to do
Denis McQuail obituary
Other lives: Scholar of media and mass communications
Top 10 books about teaching
As another school year begins, here is some of the most instructive reading about this toughest of subjects — from Plato to Shakespeare and beyond
Paul Oliver obituary
Respected commentator on architectural history and music, especially the blues
David Gill obituary
Poet, teacher and peace activist whose poems are still taught in secondary schools
Fanny Hill: why would anyone ban the racy novel about ‘a woman of pleasure’?
A London university is said to have struck John Cleland’s 1748 novel off its reading list for fear of offending sensitive millennials. Censorship, mollycoddling or silly-season tosh?
Pearson to axe 3,000 jobs after slump at main US business
Cost-cutting move aims to save educational publisher about £300m a year with 10% cut in global staff after biggest loss in history in 2016
Peter Skrine obituary
Other lives: Professor of German who taught with humour and erudition
‘We felt we had no option’: school trips halted over terror fears
Charities are worried about the number of schools cancelling cultural outings, just when they are needed more than ever
Denis Mack Smith obituary
Eminent historian of modern Italy who was a true populariser of his subject