Of course Michael Gove didn't actually ban any American books from schools, but that didn't stop a good argument about British and American literature. Rita weighs in... Two contrary news stories from Britain caught this librarian’s attention recently as they both have to do with books. First was education minister Michael ... Read More...

The classics have virtually vanished from our state schools. Dr Peter Jones MBE, who writes the regular Ancient and Modern column in The Spectator and is now advising the Classics for All campaign, explains why we need to save Latin from educational oblivion... Bettany Hughes was recently filming in a small village in Syria. The ... Read More...