Ralph Miliband: six key ideas from his books
The Daily Mail slurred him as the 'man who hated Britain' but what did the late academic really stand for?
Women: want to become a writer, artist or academic? Don’t bother
Laura Bates: David Gilmour's depressingly sexist comments about women writers show we are still fighting, in 2013, for it to be acknowledged that women can achieve greatness. Meanwhile, one woman's book offers some disturbing marital advice
All the world in your pocket: test-driving the online VSI books series
GrrlScientist: Yet another amazing addition to digital publishing: Oxford's wonderful Very Short Introductions (VSI) series is now available electronically by subscription to your library
Children’s reading shrinking due to apps, games and YouTube
Nielsen Book data suggests that 32% of children read books every day, and 60% every week. But these percentages are falling as digital entertainment rises. By Stuart Dredge
Bullying Under Attack – book review
GrrlScientist: Although I hope a day comes when such a book will not be necessary, this one should be required reading for school officials, parents and students
What libraries do for us – and me
Malorie Blackman: Libraries' huge contribution to children's literacy is threatened by swingeing cuts across the country. Where is the outrage?
Russian literature is best sex education for young people, says ombudsman
Pavel Astakhov opposes introduction of sex education in schools and suggests reading the classics as an alternative
Nick Clegg, like Oliver Twist, wants more. But he seeks power not soup
Martin Kettle: The leader has turned Liberal Democrats from protest party into pragmatists and made sure he himself is safe until 2015
FutureLearn courses mark UK’s entry into global online learning race
UK's first homegrown Mooc platform launches with 23 universities offering free online courses to students
Will a master’s in creative writing get you a book deal?
Prajwal Parajuly left Oxford with a two-book contract … and some advice for potential students
Reading for fun improves children’s brains, study confirms
A study of 17,000 people from birth indicates that reading for pleasure improves not just literacy, but maths ability too, writes Alice Sullivan
The thousands of words we don’t know
Gary Soto: We can let them go, like passersby, and we're none the worse because of it. But if we're active, learning never ends
University of London abandons plans to sell Shakespeare folios
Proposed sale of the works will not go ahead in light of negative response from academic community, says vice-chancellor
Selling Shakespeare’s first folio: is this the future of humanities research?
To sell or not to sell? The University of London row asks stickier questions of academia and its funders, says Martin Paul Eve
Let’s save Shakespeare’s folios, but the play’s the thing – the Bard is online too
Jerry Brotton: It's possible to make digital versions of the folios Senate House wants to sell at a high enough resolution to see every blot of ink