English and creative writing
Books by female authors studied by just 2% of GCSE pupils, finds study
Campaigners urge exam boards to diversify English literature set texts to challenge rising misogyny
Rachel Hall
02, Mar, 2023 @12:00 AM
David Jackson obituary
Other lives: English teacher, author and co-founder of an anti-violence programme for abusive men
Vic Blake
14, Feb, 2023 @5:25 PM
Who’s going to be triggered by Northanger Abbey? It’s hardly Game of Thrones | Catherine Bennett
Greenwich University is warning students to prepare themselves for the ‘toxic friendships’ Jane Austen satirises in her novel
Catherine Bennett
05, Feb, 2023 @7:30 AM
May I have a word about… the unstoppable march of corporate speak | Jonathan Bouquet
Let me sight you in: jargon is moving out of the office and into our classrooms
Jonathan Bouquet
23, Oct, 2022 @8:30 AM
May I have a word about… brooms, besoms and all things sweeping | Jonathan Bouquet
Thoroughly fed up with ridiculous job titles – innovation evangelist, anyone? – I was delighted to alight on broomsquire
Jonathan Bouquet
02, Oct, 2022 @9:00 AM
May I have a word about… down with footways. Bring back pavements | Jonathan Bouquet
The p-word is in danger of extinction – sadly not the case for the ubiquitous ‘pre-prepare’. I urge you to act now before it’s too late
Jonathan Bouquet
25, Sep, 2022 @9:00 AM
May I have a word about… De-arrested? What’s wrong with being freed? | Jonathan Bouquet
Give me plain speaking over legal precision any day
Jonathan Bouquet
18, Sep, 2022 @9:00 AM
Rich pickings from the sports pages for English lessons | Brief letters
Brief letters: Cricket writing | Tubeless toilet rolls | Soldier beetles | Coastal grandmothers | Counting the decades
28, Aug, 2022 @4:33 PM
May I have a word about… why is everyone on a journey? | Jonathan Bouquet
It’s one thing for great explorers but quite another for singers, musicians and footballers
Jonathan Bouquet
28, Aug, 2022 @9:00 AM
What an English degree did for me, by Tulip Siddiq, Sarah Waters and more
As universities close their English literature courses, we celebrate 40 influential British graduates
14, Aug, 2022 @9:00 AM
May I have a word about… the difference between ‘sat’ and ‘sitting’ | Jonathan Bouquet
It’s all very well not to use the correct form of the past continuous in spoken English, but in print? Please don’t
Jonathan Bouquet
14, Aug, 2022 @9:00 AM
May I have a word about… dinner ladies and other vocabulary the Scouts don’t like | Jonathan Bouquet
Must we really call them midday supervisors? It does seem such a shame
Jonathan Bouquet
10, Jul, 2022 @8:30 AM
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