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- In praise of ... Booktrust - The Guardian, Thursday December 23, 2010
Through its gift programmes for children the charity distributed around 6m books last year to toddlers and teenagersLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Writers furious at plan to axe free books scheme for children - The Guardian, Saturday December 25, 2010
Philip Pullman, Carol Ann Duffy, Ian McEwan and Sir Andrew Motion round on decision to slash £13m government grant to the Booktrust charityLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Ministers accused of free book funding 'partial U-turn' - BBC, Sunday December 26, 2010
The government has been accused of performing a partial U-turn over funding for a charity that gives free books to children.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - The British Library embodies our civilisation - The Guardian, Monday December 27, 2010
The country needs more, not fewer, public spaces – yet the library service is facing vandalismLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Could university cutbacks be the saviour of English? - The Guardian, Wednesday December 29, 2010
The end of subsidies and a focus on 'impact'-led research may force literary criticism to reconnect with the public imaginationLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies - The Guardian, Monday January 3, 2011
Oscar nominee dies peacefully in hospital at age of 64 after long period of cancerLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Obituary: Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite - BBC, Monday January 3, 2011
Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who has died at the age of 64, had a successful 40-year career which spanned the screen and stage.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Dick King-Smith obituary - The Guardian, Wednesday January 5, 2011
Prolific children's author, he wrote The Sheep-Pig, the basis of the film BabeLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Hardy, Heaney and Keats among Poems on the Underground - BBC, Friday January 7, 2011
Verses from John Keats, Thomas Hardy and Seamus Heaney are among those to be displayed on Tube trains as part of a project now in its 25th year.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Librarians: 'We do so much more than shelve books and say shhh' - The Guardian, Tuesday January 11, 2011
The Tories clearly don't know how much libraries do. Cuts will threaten the very social bonds they claim to want to promoteLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Miss Rusty: I was promoted one day, suspended over racy novel the next - Daily Telegraph, Thursday January 13, 2011
English teacher Leonora Rustamova was promoted just the day before her suspension over a risqué novel that she had written to encourage problem pupils to read, a tribunal has heard.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Library closures: Labour's fury as users are labelled white and middle class - The Observer, Sunday January 16, 2011
The shadow media and culture minister insists that libraries provide a 'crucial service' for everyoneLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sherlock Holmes returns in official sequel by Anthony Horowitz - The Guardian, Monday January 17, 2011
Alex Rider author on the case, at request of Conan Doyle estate
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Liz Lochhead appointed as makar, Scotland's national poet - The Guardian, Wednesday January 19, 2011
'Inspirational presence in British poetry' is successor to Edwin MorganLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Michael Gove stresses 'facts' in curriculum revamp - BBC, Thursday January 20, 2011
Michael Gove hopes top British authors and poets will contribute to the debate about which books and poetry should be studied.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - National curriculum review: children to learn facts and figures in subject shake-up - Daily Telegraph, Thursday January 20, 2011
Children will be expected to learn the kings and queens of England, read great works of literature and master mental arithmetic under the biggest shake-up of the national curriculum for more than 20 years.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - National curriculum review puts emphasis on facts and 'vital knowledge' - The Guardian, Thursday January 20, 2011
Michael Gove spells out facts to be included in history and geography lessons in curriculum review that teachers condemn as elitist and outdated.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Could the success of King's Speech boost efforts to help children with communication difficulties? - The Independent, Thursday January 20, 2011
Say it loud: Specialised help with communication can transform the lives of pupils Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Speak the speech ... Shakespeare's plays to be performed in 38 languages - The Guardian, Thursday January 20, 2011
Globe theatre to stage all of the Bard's plays, each in a different language, as part of 2012 Cultural OlympiadLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Text messaging 'improves children's spelling skills' - Daily Telegraph, Thursday January 20, 2011
Mobile phone text messaging can boost children’s spelling skills, according to new research.
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