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The muralist hits Salford, peasant life comes to Birmingham’s Barber Institute and Somerset House gets with the Halloween ghost theme – all in your weekly dispatch

British Library showcases two millennia of storytelling inspired by the ancient Macedonian conqueror

To “doodle” means to draw or scrawl aimlessly, and the history of the word goes back to the early 20th century. Scribbling haphazard words, squiggly lines and mini-drawings, however, is a much older practice and its presence in books tells us a lot about how people engaged with literature in…

'I never thought all these years later my scruffy notebooks would be of such interest'

Writer and broadcaster Hunter Davies said he was pleased the items will now be available to the public and researchers.

Far from their families in Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Chad, the young authors of Cooked with Love have found a way to recreate their favourite meals – and share them with the world

It's here - we preview The Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition ahead of its weekend opening which includes an immersive experience inviting visitors to spend time in contemplation at an emotional moment in history

Jane Austen’s works are globally renowned, but they were unknown in China until 1935 when two different translations of Pride and Prejudice were published. Today, her novels are increasingly popular and have been translated into Chinese many times – notably there have been 60 different retranslations of Pride and Prejudice.

This mind-bending illuminated manuscript was created in AD700 by Eadfrith, a monk who was as entranced by pattern and abstraction as Jackson Pollock