Stephen Morley obituary
Other lives: Clinical psychologist whose life’s work focused on understanding and treating pain
Hilary Dixon obituary
Other lives: Teacher and author who changed professional thinking about sex and relationships education
‘Don’t be a jerk, even if you’re a chicken’: the cookbook written by kids
Hidden behind a deliciously silly supermarket in east London, the Ministry of Stories teaches children how writing can be a career – and their latest project is a cookbook
A Ferrante feast: a night out in support of global literacy
Charity event: Elena Ferrante’s books evoke Naples in all its drama, and inspired a Neapolitan fundraising feast in the heart of urban London – testament to the power of food and literature to do good
Boggle Trump to Trumplestiltskin: Donald inspires new children’s slang
The US president’s name, in more than 100 punning guises, was widely used by very young writers in entries to BBC Radio 2’s 500 Words story contest
Hilary Mantel was right – some academics dislike novelists. But why?
Hostility between academics and popular historians has a lengthy history of its own. Yet it doesn’t make sense – nonfiction and fiction nurture each other
Medieval Jewish papers tell vivid stories in Cambridge exhibition
11th-century documents from Genizah store in Old Cairo synagogue cover whole range of human life, co-curator says
Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class – review
Alex Renton’s study of the enduring culture of abuse at Britain’s elite schools makes for powerful reading
The 100 best nonfiction books: No 61 – On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (1859)
This fine, lucid writer captured the mood of the time with this spirited assertion of the English individual’s rights
Literature isn’t a luxury but a life-changer
Sharing literature with those who wouldn’t otherwise come into contact with it is a joy
Spy report that criticised Marlowe for ‘gay Christ’ claim is revealed online
British Library releases ‘Baines note’ in which playwright Christopher Marlowe scandalously suggests Christian communion should be smoked in a pipe
Authors condemn £4m library fund as a ‘sop’ and a ‘whitewash’
Patrick Gale, Mark Billingham and Francesca Simon among writers suggesting government scheme will do little to rescue sector that has been hit hard by cuts
Enfin! Female author in French school exams for first time since 1990s
Baccalauréat lists Madame de Lafayette’s La Princesse de Montpensier after protests about sexism in lycée system
The 100 best nonfiction books: No 59 – Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold (1869)
Arnold caught the public mood with this high-minded but entertaining critique of Victorian society, posing questions about the art of civilised living that still perplex us today
Jean Fisher obituary
Other lives: Writer who was a champion of art as a radical practice