Riverside expansion for Bodleian library approved
Oxford University has been granted permission to build a £29m extension to the world famous Bodleian Library on the banks of the Thames.
British Library faces threat to treasures
Budget cuts will force second-rate response to digital challenge, warns chief.
Richard Hogg
Obituary: Eminent scholar who co-authored the Cambridge History of the English Language.
Solution or disaster? Bodleian’s plan for £29m store divides Oxford
Critics say library's answer to shortage of space, which it estimates would not only solve the current crisis but also give it shelving space for the next 20 years, would affect flood plain and harm view of 'dreaming spires'.
Node idea
A new science fiction novel is threatening to completely overhaul the way literary criticism is conducted, claims John Sutherland.
All the world’s a stage
Tommy Dodds: I think drama should be a compulsory part of life for everyone, but for a start I will settle for getting it on the national curriculum.
The voice inside
An innovative programme at a pioneering prison helps long-stayers to write - and perform - their own poems. Louise Tickle reports.
Bedtime stories a problem for many parents
One in 10 parents struggle to understand the bedtime stories they read to their children.
Tongue tied
While the government insists immigrants learn to speak English, it seems to think Irish language activists in Belfast are making reasonable demands.
Teaching assistant quit in protest at Harry Potter
· Born-again Christian says book glorifies witchcraft· Tribunal told of refusal to hear child read
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
Obituary: Influential decoder of the culture of ancient Greece.
Letters reveal Darwin’s caring, comic side – in between agonising about his theory
Correspondence database includes Beagle messages and notes to colleagues.
Philip Collins
Obituary: Academic whose books and lectures helped restore the reputation of Charles Dickens.