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The Dictionary of Lost Words follows Esme as she navigates the patriarchal world of Victorian England. While her father and colleagues construct the Oxford English Dictionary, Esme begins to form her own dictionary – particularly the words spoken by women and the working class who have been excluded.

Pip Williams’ 2020 novel was all about words – but on stage, it could do with a few less

The Royal Mint’s craftspeople have reproduced an original illustration of Mr Tumnus and Lucy walking through snowy woods in Narnia.

Physician and Author Ricardo Nuila thinks public hospitals could help save patients trapped in our troubled medical system.

The 'Skeptical Environmentalist' offers 12 low-cost, proven policies that he says would save 4.2 million lives and generate $1.1 trillion in new wealth every year.

In Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and its Power to Change the World, author Sarah DiGregorio tells how nurses had great stature centuries ago — and how they got pushed into the background.

Marty Baron says Trump’s son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation

The historian was speaking amid a trend on social media that highlights how often men ponder the time of togas, swords and emperors.

Corporate academia, a crumbling society and student pretensions are all skewered in this darkly comic novel

The Living and the Rest by José Eduardo Agualusa; Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenberg; Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye; The Siren’s Lament: Essential Stories by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Land Of Milk And Honey by C Pam Zhang and Absolutely And Forever by Rose Tremain.