Why GCSE students studying authors of colour is even more essential' in 2026
Independent journalism depends on public funding, while GCSE curricula lack diversity—only one in ten students encounter writers of colour, with parity not expected until 2115.
What books shaped you in high school? Here's what you said
High school-assigned books profoundly shaped readers' perspectives, careers, identities, and enduring attachments, with To Kill a Mockingbird cited most frequently.