Lessons & learning

Nine-year-old future star of the silent screen Charlie Chaplin, his mother Hannah, and older half-brother Sydney entered the Lambeth workhouse, south London, in July 1898. The boys were soon transferr

On the morning of 9 January 1905 (22 January on the New Style calendar Soviet Russia later adopted), a crowd of striking workers marched peacefully through Saint Petersburg towards the Winter Palace,

→ Every child should have the right to education. They should have a space where they can learn and play alongside children their own age, one that supports them to thrive in the future. But children

‘Music holds the power to transform a life,’ says the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Jacob Collier. ‘It transformed mine! Experiencing music from within, by singi

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Lola Young Eight Weeks Looking back, moving forwards, defying the odds 336pp. Penguin. Paperback, £10.99. Lola Young has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 2004. She is also an emeri