Keep the books safe
AL Kennedy: As my decorator attempts to repair the disintegrating fabric of my flat, rather more alarming signs of collapse are besetting education
Brighton Rock tours help university engage with local people
Sussex University academic's tours of Brighton's murky past have been given a boost by new film version of Graham Greene's classic novel
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Christopher Pemberton obituary
Artist, scholar, teacher and translator with a deep affinity for the work of Cézanne
Brian Simpson obituary
Leading academic lawyer in the field of legal history, legal philosophy and human rights
Salinger: a burger-lover in the rye
Kathryn Hughes: As JD Salinger would have recognised, his letters show that Great Writers are not great all the time
Join the Campaign for Fun!
On what is officially the most miserable day of the year, it's a very good time to sign up to a drive to make children's reading fun again
Robert Markus obituary
Medieval history scholar who helped establish the idea of Late Antiquity
Why is this government making it even harder for children to read?
Catherine Johnson: Politicians claim to be saddened by children's lack of literacy, and yet they are cutting the book gifting scheme
This government has set its face against reading
Michael Rosen: The withdrawal of funding from Booktrust's free books programmes recklessly ignores the all-round educational benefits of books
John Jones obituary
Painter, film-maker and teacher who inspired his students
The crippling of Booktrust is a sorry tale
Sarah Ditum: In order to save just £13m, the government is denying the power and the pleasure of literacy to children from all backgrounds
Books on the frontline of the student protests
I was startled to see a giant mock-up of my book in use as a shield at this week's demonstrations – but it's actually an appropriate defence
A novel idea for psychologists
Do psychologists make better novelists? What happened when one researcher applied his powers of human understanding to the literary form
Robert Burns museum opens at his former home in Ayrshire
National Trust opens Robert Burns museum after two-year delay, hoping people won't be tim'rous about coming