Ditching classics at A-level is little short of a tragedy
Classics underpins much of the modern world; the AQA exam board’s decision to end A-levels in classical civilisation, archaeology and history of art is lamentable
Think libraries are obsolete? Think again
Kindles and the internet cannot replace libraries - they are part of the social glue that binds us. The fight is on throughout the country to save them
Peter Blundell Jones obituary
Historian of architecture who championed the human side of modernism
Grammar school plans are divisive and stupid, says Michael Morpurgo
War Horse author failed 11-plus as a boy and believes return of selection in education would add to the divisions in society
Jenny Stolzenberg obituary
Other lives: teacher, psychotherapist and widely exhibited ceramicist
Yolo! How do they choose new words for the Oxford English Dictionary?
Squee, gender-fluid and moobs have been added to the OED. How do the experts decide which words deserve to be included?
Alex Danchev obituary
Historian and biographer who explored the political and ethical force of art
Gordon Hodgeon obituary
Other lives: Poet and teacher who supported many community arts initiatives
Charlie Higson hands Fast Show scripts to UEA literary archive
Young Bond author was going to throw away manuscripts that will now sit alongside works by JD Salinger and Doris Lessing
Ian McEwan and others criticise UEA for ‘thuggish’ development plans
Ian McEwan and Andrew Motion among those opposed to University of East Anglia’s rugby and parking development on wildflower meadows
The game is up: Shakespeare’s language not as original as dictionaries think
Australian academic David McInnis claims literary bias by first editors of OED has credited Shakespeare with inventing phrases in common Elizabethan use
John Heath obituary
Other lives: Professor of economics at London Business School
The Gardener and the Carpenter review – an organic approach to parenting
Children need freedom and space to thrive, argues psychologist Alison Gopnik in this persuasive book
John Hearle obituary
Other lives: Expert in textiles who advanced understanding of the behaviour of fibres
Lost cities #4: Pompeii was preserved by disaster. Now it risks ruin all over again
The volcanic eruption that destroyed the Roman city also froze it in time – but now, 2,000 years later, it is alive with people who threaten its existence all over again