After Elizabeth
Jeremy Paxman highlights the problem with the monarchy in his study of the Windsors, On Royalty, says Billy Bragg.
Holding on to our heritage
Salman Rushdie's decision to sell his literary papers to an American university should be applauded for highlighting a lamentable aspect of UK government policy, says John Sutherland.
In praise of … Peter Hennessy
Leader: Prof Hennessy is not like anybody else. He is simultaneously both scholar and journalist, traditionalist and radical, conservative and liberal, patriot and subversive.
School introduces compulsory grammar lessons
Teenagers starting at a top fee-paying school face compulsory lessons in spelling, punctuation and grammar, it has emerged.
Writing right
Many students find grammar difficult. Jonathan Gabay delves into the intricacies.
English and proud of it
Mike Phillips searches for the deeper meaning behind one immigrant's success story, George Alagiah's A Home From Home.
Blood and Beak
The childhood recollections of Andrew Motion's In The Blood are vivid and poignant, says John Mullan.
Crown of scorn
Jane Robins tells the extraordinary story of George IV and his wife Caroline in Rebel Queen. David McKie on a marriage not made in heaven.
The world in miniature
Jenny Uglow's canny grasp of period detail immeasurably enriches Nature's Engraver, her life of 18th-century engraver Thomas Bewick, says Frances Spalding.
A priceless precedent
Literary criticism owes a great debt to Anthony Julius, the divorce lawyer famous for representing Princess Diana and now Heather Mills-McCartney. John Sutherland explains why.
Non-critical thinking
Literary criticism doesn't have much to do with the literature anymore; it's all about politics, argues Jonathan Taylor.
Shakespeare & co.
Is the bard a symbol of English culture?
Online buzz helps Collins’ book venture
Midday: Former News of the World journalist-turned publisher Dan Collins has been forced to print an extra run of the company's first book after pre-launch buzz on the internet. By Mark Sweney.
The ideas interview: Frank Kermode
Britain's foremost literary critic tells John Sutherland why the study of English lit needs to become a tough subject again.