Dickens bicentenary marked at Westminster Abbey
Britain marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens on Tuesday with the laying of a wreath at his grave in Westminster Abbey in London, and a street party in his native Portsmouth.
View ArticleStudy opens book on evolution of English
A study of 500 years of the English language has confirmed 'the', 'of' and 'and' are the most frequently printed words in the modern era.
View ArticleTeaching teachers in dyslexia support
A group of teachers will soon become Canberra's first qualified tutors in helping students with dyslexia and other reading disabilities.
View ArticleNational Library cashes in on Dickens cheque
The National Library of Australia in Canberra is celebrating a new addition to its Charles Dickens collection.
View ArticleOnline battle to save Orwell's Indian birthplace
An online campaign has begun in India to protect the birthplace of British author, George Orwell, in the small town of Motihari.
View ArticleOscar Wilde's tomb protected from admirers' kisses
Oscar Wilde's renovated Paris tomb has been unveiled, complete with a new glass barrier to shield the monument from a torrent of admiring kisses.
View ArticleBig boost for literary event
A literary event in the high country has seen a dramatic rise in attendance.
View ArticleKelly Clarkson urged not to keep antique Jane Austen ring
The British government is trying to stop a ring once owned by the 19th century novelist Jane Austen from being taken out of the UK.
View ArticleCamelot and Narnia and the myths of our time
This week we mark 50 years since that terrible day in Dallas that shattered the Kennedy dream and froze him in time - eternally young and full of promise. But whatever is left of Kennedy folklore is...
View ArticleMeet the Krampus, St Nick's creepy offsider
Throughout towns in the Alpine regions of central Europe, a Christmas tradition is alive and well that has children running for their beds, and not with the expectation of presents on Christmas day.
View ArticleLearning to read is learning how to live
You don't have to be university-educated, pay for after-school tutorials or be able to afford expensive school fees to give your children a winning edge when it comes to education.Just try reading to...
View ArticleA new defence of literature is urgently needed
The abolition of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards represents a harbinger of things to come. Clearly there's an urgent need for a new defence of literature.
View ArticleNo lessons come from a clean curriculum
If our curriculum is scrubbed of books that have outraged somebody, we will no longer have a reading list.
View ArticleWhat are your favourite Shakespearean works?
This week marks the 450th birthday of English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. We asked you what your favourite Shakespearean works are.
View ArticleFarming in the time of Shakespeare's England
Five-hundred years ago the inhumane treatment of animals was considered a sport.
View ArticleRap and rhyme helps secondary students relate
Meet the woman who is making poetry cool again in Queensland schools through the use of hip-hop, music and rhyme.
View ArticleEnglish review unlikely despite professor's suspension
Education Minister Christopher Pyne is refusing to reconsider the review of the national English curriculum, despite the publication of controversial emails written by one of the reviewers.
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