literature
Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot
Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot
Five books to read to get under the skin of the great novelist Charles Dickens
Peace, AI and ‘six-seven’: Oxford reveals children’s words of the year
Peace, AI and ‘six-seven’: Oxford reveals children’s words of the year
Children are talking about peace, artificial intelligence and – of course – six-seven. Here’s why it matters
Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Poetry steeped in faith, compassion, family and nature
Taylor Swift is right to call herself an ‘English teacher’. I would know, I am one
Taylor Swift is right to call herself an ‘English teacher’. I would know, I am one
Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison
Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison
What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot’s Middlemarch
What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot’s Middlemarch
These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons
How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons
Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz
Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz
It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
