The Dutch government is considering a €49 summer ticket for unlimited off-peak public transport to combat rising fuel costs and the energy crisis. Backed by the PRO party, the proposal aims to offer a...

Now that Lowry Academy has been publicly named, Index has written a follow-up to last week's book banning story

Digital currency donations have been turned into sterling to make them much less easy to track, sources say

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

YouTube video by The Economist

This workshop is for you if you are writing children’s books. During the workshop you will take turns to share work and will develop your work-in-progress with constructive feedback from tutor and cla...

Interview with three UKYA authors

Hello! I’m Jan, and I’m an author of teen and young adult fiction. I live in Bath, with my husband and two children. When I’m not writing, I work as a teacher – I’m a qualified primary art speciali…

A thriller about friendship and paranoia

‘I am a crime writer, I understand theft,’ said Val McDermid – joining Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro and Kate Mosse in their appeal to Lisa Nandy to act on their behalf