School Wars: The Battle for Britain’s Education by Melissa Benn — review
The government's rush to remake the education system receives powerful criticism from Melissa Benn in her passionate defence of state schools, writes Anthony Seldon
David Holbrook obituary
Writer, teacher and critic, he saw humanity through a prism of art
Daniel McCracken obituary
Author of hugely successful textbooks on computing
The past in a pineapple ring
Peter Preston: I still remember my first chicken biriani, in 1958. Whatever Jamie Oliver and co do, food will always be living history
British Library digs out decorative paintings to brighten up dark ages
Library will display treasures such as illuminated royal transcripts and a 13th century pilgrimage route map as part of new show
More children read websites than comics, survey finds
Survey of children's reading habits shows websites and emails displacing books and comics
Taking Woody Guthrie’s politics to the people
Zoë Corbyn: Professor Will Kaufman has written a biography of the radical American folk singer Woody Guthrie, and is singing his way across the US to promote it
Joanna Briscoe: Mr A, my unattainable love god
At 17, Joanna Briscoe developed an all-consuming crush on her Robert Redford-lookalike English teacher and dreamed of it all ending in true love. Thirty years on – and now a mother – she is relieved it didn't work out that way
Culture Flash: exam results
Exam time and student angst have always been a rich source of creative inspiration, writes Stuart Heritage
Reading the riot acts: why wasn’t Waterstone’s looted?
Nikesh Shukla: Are books just for the middle class? As society puzzles over its divisions, perhaps the publishing industry should follow suit
John G Rule obituary
Social historian of life and labour in Georgian and Victorian Britain
Miller Mair obituary
Clinical psychologist who fought against 1950s orthodoxy
Macmillan ordered to pay $17m for corruption in South Sudan
Macmillan Publishers has been ordered to pay $17m and banned from World Bank tenders for at least three years for paying officials to win an education deal in South Sudan
Popular teacher Miss Rusty’s book charts her story
Stop Don't Read This tells the story of her dismissal from Calder High and the aftermath as well as the fictional account that led to the chain of events