Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures review – required reading for the education secretary
Polly Morland offers acute insights into our dangerous habit of trying to eliminate all risk from our lives, writes Salley Vickers
Rex Russell obituary
Other lives: Teacher who encouraged the study of local history in Lincolnshire
Ethel Lang, the last Victorian, has died but Victorianism lives on
Kate Williams: Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century – including some of our attitudes
No, we haven’t banned books on pigs – but sensitivity is key in global publishing
Jane Harley: At Oxford University Press we have to balance children’s cultural and learning needs, while retaining some healthy common sense
Pigs won’t fly in textbooks: OUP tells authors not to mention pork
Guidelines for writers have come to light telling them to avoid mention of anything which might offend overseas markets
I love books so why do I hate studying English GCSE?
English had always been my favourite subject at school, but the stifling lack of book choice and boring analysis in the English GSCE has killed it for me
Ivor Grattan-Guinness obituary
Energetic historian of mathematics and logic
William Fishman obituary
Historian of London’s East End, he recorded Jewish immigrants’ struggle out of poverty
Overcoming writer’s block: three tips
Academics tend to use procrastination as an explanation for writer’s block, says Rowena Murray, but really, they are just avoiding asking for help
The primary school letter written in Lancashire that went around the world
An inspiring message from a headteacher to year 6 pupils was meant to be read by a just few dozen parents but touched the hearts of thousands. Then, inevitably, came the backlash
An education book that changed me: favourite reads revealed
Is there a particular education book that has excited or influenced you? Here are some recommendations. And now tell us yours ...
Shiny Appy Children
Natalia Kucirkova: Current research suggests that the interactivity that makes children’s apps and digital books so exciting may be disrupting traditional literacy development. But do storyapps offer important benefits?
Touchscreen technology is good for kids? Don’t believe the hype
Eliane Glaser: The National Literacy Trust’s headline-grabbing claim is little more than highly coordinated lobbying based on flimsy evidence
Was Shakespeare gay, and does it matter?
John Sutherland: Although not a new question, its re-emergence is germane to the interpretation of his plays, and not just a scholars’ spat
Neil Gaiman: Libraries are cultural ‘seed corn’
The author tells Toby Litt how these ‘safe spaces’ were vital to him as a child, and why their closure endangers our future