‘Extreme behaviour was the norm’
The Salford teacher who went to jail for firing an air pistol has now written a book. David Ward meets her
Cecil Todes
Obituary: Psychiatrist who wrote a frank book about his battle with Parkinson's
Breathless with amazement
Polly Toynbee and David Walker accompany Brent school students on a visit to Oxford
Critics’ choice
The book: The Usborne History of Britain by Ruth Brocklehurst et al
Missing Shakespeare: stolen First Folio surfaces in US
Long wait is over for £15m British literary treasure last seen in 1998
Critics’ choice
The book: The Bare Bum Gang and the Football Face-Off | Even Stevens FC
Blue sky thinking: 10 ideas that changed the course of history
Plato's Philosophy | Sun-centred (Copernican) Theory of the Universe | Cartesian Cogito
Classification dismissed
Mark Lawson: A plan to print suggested reading ages on children's books has their authors up in arms, and rightly so
Parents urged to read to children
One child in 10 gets bedtime story less than once a month or never, according to new figures
Benefits of bedtime reading
Studies show that children who are read to from an earlier age have better language development
Beyond Celta?
A Delta qualification is a prudent choice for English language teachers. Go for it, says Jenny Johnson
Second can be best
Rowenna Davis: We shouldn't panic about the numbers of students speaking English as a second language: it's an asset rather than a problem
Literary magic
Kate Bevan: Harry Potter has joined the A-level literature syllabus. With luck, it will help students to see why J K Rowling is not a great writer
GK Hunter
Obituary: Renaissance scholar and the founding professor of English at Warwick University
Bring the story of English under one roof
Christopher Mulvey: The campaign to create the English Project - the world's first visitor attraction and living museum dedicated to the story of the English language - has begun