Angels & Demons: the Swansea connection
How do you make a bottle to store antimatter in? Don't ask Dan Brown; ask Professor Mike Charlton of Swansea University, who is researching the complex world of particle theory, in Cern
Marking computer says no to lazy Dickens and dull Austen
Maev Kennedy and her official English exam marking computer take Dickens, Austen and John the Evangelist to task
Don’t close the book on bedtime stories
Alison Flood: Children are being read to less by parents and starting school with poor speech skills. What a sad tale that is
Alan Deyermond obituary
Obituary: A leading scholar of medieval Hispanic literature
The scheme that provides free books for young children
A variety of professionals are working hard to make sure parents read to their babies and toddlers
Young critics review books for the Guardian Children’s Fiction prize
Participants in the Guardian's competition for children demonstrated a taste for gritty and life-changing reads
In praise of… Newcastle’s Lit & Phil
Editorial: Although a private member's club, it is a very public institution, and one that becomes even more open today, with the conversion of the Georgian lecture rooms into a new exhibition space
Are there any aspirational films that won’t scare children?
Peter Bradshaw: The kids are not all right according to some teachers, who think children's books are too grim. But how do films fare when it comes to educating without lecturing?
The grim reader
Should classroom books reflect the tough realities of life, or is there still a place for escapism?
Rethink urged on school vetting rules
Head of inquiry that led to new procedures says 'line has been drawn in wrong place' after complaints from authors
Students offered scholarships from fictional crimefighter, Jack Reacher
Author Lee Child has set up several university funding schemes in the name of his popular character, Jack Reacher
Vetting: it should happen to an author
Beatrix Campbell: Philip Pullman and fellow writers are up in arms about a new child protection scheme for school visitors. What's their problem?
Writers should be treated like any other school visitor
Anthony Browne: If everyone else working with children has to be vetted, why should we be exempt?