Michael Dawson obituary
Other lives: Arts administrator who founded the Ilkley Literature festival in 1973
‘Bitter, gentle, funny’: Irish stars unite to celebrate overlooked poet Patrick Kavanagh
Celebrities including Bono and Liam Neeson hope to bring their homeland’s bard to a global audience with an album of read poems
‘Temple of peace’: rare chance to visit William Gladstone’s study
Books and other belongings of 19th-century PM on show during festival at Hawarden estate in north Wales
UK authorities protected Prince Andrew from US Epstein investigation, book says
Geoffrey Berman, ex-prosecutor who led investigation in New York, claims his team was given ‘run-around’ over bid to talk to duke
Folio from ‘world masterpiece’ illuminated manuscript goes up for auction
Section of the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh is expected to fetch between £4m and £6m at auction next month
Poet laureate honours Queen Elizabeth II with new work, Floral Tribute
Simon Armitage’s poem, which spells out the late monarch’s name acrostically, pays homage to ‘a promise made and kept for life’
Rare signed edition of The Catcher in the Rye on sale for £225,000
JD Salinger did not want his friends cashing in, so inscribed copy of classic novel is one of the hardest titles for collectors to acquire
Vince Cable reveals he had a stroke when Liberal Democrat leader
Former business secretary reveals in memoir that he tried to keep health issues a secret and carry on working
Five men and one woman who took on impossible job – of poet laureate
Several of the poets appointed by, or inherited by the Queen, had to deal with public mockery. No wonder Philip Larkin turned down the role
Dictators, dresses and dorgis: the books that throw unexpected light on Elizabeth II
From the woman who picked her hats to the nanny who was drummed out of her flat, we pick the writers who got to the heart of the Queen – and the phenomenon of modern monarchy
Sadiq Khan to publish ‘practical guide’ to the climate emergency
Breathe, due out next year, will see the London mayor draw on his own experience with adult-onset asthma to address the crisis
Babel: the BookTok sensation that melds dark academia with a post-colonial critique
Set at Oxford in the 1800s, Rebecca F Kuang’s new novel is a magic-infused allegory for structural oppression – and social media can’t get enough of it
Jane Austen letter about her own ‘Mr Darcy’ on show at author’s home
Message to sister, in which Pride and Prejudice’s author says she is to ‘flirt her last’ with Tom Lefroy, unveiled
Wainwright nature writing prize goes to ‘inspirational’ Goshawk Summer
Wildlife cameraman James Aldred’s diary of time spent observing a family of goshawks in the New Forest takes top honour
Literary festival cancelled due to cost of living crisis
Ways With Words, the organisers of Words by the Water in Keswick, say low ticket sales mean it is not viable to run next year’s event