Could this usher in a reenvisioning of the classics? James Gillespie’s High School in Edinburgh has banned the teaching of Pulitzer-winning To Kill a Mockingbird over fears of it promoting a “white saviour” narrative. Allan Crosbie, the curriculum leader for English at the school, is also banning Of Mice and Men in a bid to […]

5 years ago

What was your biggest achievement at the age of 25? Perhaps you’d learned the opening chords of Smells Like Teen Spirit, or devised recipes for two different types of omelette. Maybe you’d even read the first 100 pages of War and Peace. Whatever it was, chances are it wasn’t as good as Born to Run. […]

11 years ago