Richard Dawkins the arch-atheist backs Michael Gove’s free Bible plan
Author of The God Delusion says providing free Bibles to state schools is justified by its impact on the English language
Why I want all our children to read the King James Bible
Richard Dawkins: The good book should be read as a great work of literature – but it is not a guide to morality, as the education secretary Michael Gove would have us believe
Michael Gove’s King James Bible plan rescued by millionaire Tory donors
Education secretary will send a copy of the Bible to every state school after donors club together to save £370,000 initiative
Culture coach: the week’s essential arts stories
Charlotte Higgins: It was the week that Maurice Sendak died and Bianca Jagger had a fight at the opera. Here are the past seven days' biggest arts stories from around the web
Why shouldn’t paganism have a place in RE lessons?
Liz Williams: Cornish schools won't be 'teaching witchcraft and druidry', less still black mass – religious education doesn't equal indoctrination
Student publishes a new Shakespeare text
We're not talking First Folio, mind. This is the world of 2b r nt 2b - but with the highest of motives
AA Gill, drop the cheap jibes about Mary Beard – and learn something
Miriam O'Reilly: Three years ago I took a stand against ageism at the BBC. The tide is now turning against those who judge by appearances
What is the real legacy of colonialism?
The conversation: Atrocities committed as Britain's imperial rule ended have been revealed in newly published documents. Writers Kwasi Kwarteng and Richard Gott discuss the history's legacy
Jean Benedetti obituary
Biographer of Konstantin Stanislavski, he was also a translator, director and dramatist
Horrible Histories: too cool for school?
Alison Flood: Author Terry Deary says he wishes he could sue schools that use his books in lessons. Does he have a point?
Students: how do you behave in the library?
Are you a fan of peace and quiet or do you think it's about time these musty old places were shaken up a bit?
Russian publisher refuses to withdraw Stalin notebook from schools
Officials criticise school notebook featuring former dictator on cover as part of publisher's series of 20 'Great Russians'
Improbable research: the Sherlock Holmes effect
Or, why you can't rely on investigative tricks when you study toe loss in lizards and the night-time exploits of dogs
Parent files police complaint after teacher reads Ender’s Game to pupils
A teacher in South Carolina is on adminstrative leave after the parent of a 14-year-old complained that Orson Scott Card's classic novel was 'pornographic'
Don’t let children lose sight of the pleasure principle
Frank Cottrell Boyce: As Plan B made clear at TEDx, stories should be an essential part of inspiring young people