But Mr Darcy, shouldn’t we be taking precautions?

Catherine Bennett: Damning romantic fiction for failing to educate its readers is both patronising and nonsensical

Once Upon A Life: Arabella Weir

Sent to a new school at the age of 11, writer Arabella Weir quickly became top of the class – in winding up the teachers. But could her wise-cracking career survive the challenge of taking O-levels?

Teachers use hip-hop to teach poetry

When your teacher is a performance poet, English lessons can have a different accent

AC Grayling has caricatured British universities. No wonder they’re fuming

Simon Jenkins: The New College of Humanities founder has exposed higher education as a luxury consumable for the middle classes

AC Grayling’s private university is odious

Terry Eagleton: The money-grubbing dons signing up at the £18k a year New College of the Humanities are the thin edge of an ugly wedge

Richard Dawkins heads lineup at private £18,000-a-year university

Niall Ferguson and Steven Pinker also join AC Grayling's initiative but critics complain of greater inequality in education

Everyone’s talking about Ayn Rand

A film adaptation of Atlas Shrugged, a BBC documentary and the support of rightwing economists have put the philosopher-novelist back in the news

Like a rolling ode: academic conference weighs up Bob Dylan’s poetic licence

Seven Ages of Dylan event at Bristol University sees professors discuss whether musician should be considered a poet

Calling all young arts critics

Ahead of the launch of the Guardian's fourth annual young arts critics competition, we need your help. Send us your questions and we'll put them to our team of critics

Flashman’s elitist idea of public schools is still pure fiction

Response: Here at his old school, Rugby, we have always supported less privileged pupils, says Patrick Derham

Can you teach creative writing?

There has been a huge expansion in creative writing courses in the last decade, but is it something you can teach? Well-known writers give their verdicts