Watching her, it hit me: my daughter understood the essence of what World Book Day should be about. It wasn’t the costumes, ...

When World Book Day arrives each year, it can spark classroom discussion on the characters young people love. Those fictional heroes don’t have to be the best-known names to get pupils talking ...

Colin Maxwell’s illustrated history of the city covers a range of important characters, from Queen Margaret and Andrew Carnegie to lesser-known heroes. The book takes readers on a journey from ...