No, we have not banned To Kill a Mockingbird
Elizabeth Truss: You might think a government saying that pupils need to study a wider range of more challenging authors would be welcomed. Instead we received a broadside
GCSE English literature row: Don’t blame Gove, blame me
Jonathan Bate: I was part of the board of experts who recommended that government broaden what has been a very narrow English literature syllabus
Angelou and Steinbeck replaced by Ishiguro and Syal in new English GCSE exams
Changes follow the government's reshaping of the English literature exam syllabus, removing the category of prose from different cultures and replacing it with modern works from Britain
AQA set texts for English GCSE plumbs new depths of cultural incoherence
Robert McCrum: AQA boss Andrew Hall says 'we can't please everyone' - but he might have done some basic homework before sitting the exam
Michael Gove hits back in row over GCSE syllabus
Education secretary claims exam boards are being asked to broaden, not narrow, the GCSE English literature curriculum
Michael Gove should not kill the Mockingbird
Anna Hartnell: Taking Harper Lee's novel off the GCSE syllabus ignores the modern British sense of identity
To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men axed as Gove orders more Brit lit
New English literature GCSE ditches American classics for pre-20th century British authors such as Dickens and Austen
John Westergaard obituary
Sociologist who championed the study of class inequality
Simply English: An A-Z of Avoidable Errors review – a welcome visit from the grammar police
Simon Heffer remains readable while putting us straight on usage, writes Ben East
Tom Welsh obituary
Editor, trainer of journalists and authority on media law
If it was a ‘tough choice’ to cut my job, then come and tell the children why
Dave Pickering: Thanks to austerity, many kids in Enfield will now be missing my songs and stories – but it's the poorest who will miss them most
Educating Essex head on inspiring teachers… and designing toilets
Vic Goddard of Passmores academy on his new book – part memoir and part how-to guide for aspiring heads – and his favourite part of his school building
HowTheLightGetsIn 2014: philosophy, music and thought for all
Festival director Hilary Lawson reveals what to expect at the philosophy and music festival, and how the event will challenge assumptions. Interview by Tom Lamont
Is being a ‘gentleman’ really a genuine aspiration for anyone today?
Philip Hensher: Social mobility has been on the decline since the 1990s. Could it be that a new enthusiasm for learning how to be a gentleman heralds a revival
Roland Meighan obituary
Other lives: Educational academic, researcher and author who was an advocate of home schooling