Ronald Frankenberg obituary
Academic whose book Village on the Border pioneered the application of anthropological methods to British society
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph obituary
Other lives: South Asian scholar who co-authored many books about India
Donald Weinstein obituary
Other lives: Historian in the study of the Italian Renaissance
Outstanding performance: how would Ofsted rate our favourite fictional teachers?
Find out how Severus Snape, John Keating, Edna Krabappel and Louanne Johnson would fare against the latest assessment framework
Why the history of maths is also the history of art
In her new book Mathematics and Art, historian Lyn Gamwell explores how artists have for thousands of years used mathematical concepts - such as infinity, number and form - in their work. Here she choses ten stunning images from the book that reveal connections between maths and art.
‘Great snakes!’ Tintin expert appointed UK’s first comics professor
Lancaster University shows ‘full academic commitment’ to comics and graphic book art with the appointment of Benoit Peeters
Van Akin Burd obituary
Literary scholar who devoted most of his career to the study of John Ruskin
Publishers answer minister’s call to offer schools cheap classics
Major imprints ‘confident’ they can meet schools minister Nick Gibb’s challenge to inspire children with sets of canonical novels at ‘minimal cost’
Read the Short Story Week young writer competition 2015-winning The Promise
To celebrate Short Story Week, we have the winning entry to the National Short Story Week young writer competition. Here is The Promise by Amber Lahdelma
The dating gap: why the odds are stacked against female graduates finding a like-minded man
More women than men are graduating in many countries – but according to Date-onomics, a new book on hook-up culture, there’s a downside: there may not be enough educated men to go round
John Norris Wood obituary
Distinguished natural history illustrator who taught at the Royal College of Art
John Blatchly obituary
Other lives: Headteacher and champion of historical activities in Suffolk
Shirley Conran: ‘Maths is a feminist issue’
The author of Superwoman and Lace has produced a course aimed at convincing girls that even Beyoncé must know how to check her investment portfolio
We’ll lose something vital if we stop debate on campus and beyond
It is vital that we remain exactly what we are: a tolerant society that makes no demand on us but to obey the rule of law
Philip Pullman decries ‘terrible state’ of children’s education in the arts
His Dark Materials author disparages obsession with league tables and calls for theatre visits to be made part of curriculum