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To mark the London gallery’s reopening this week after a £35m redevelopment, its director and chief curator introduce their favourite paintings from the expanded collection

As the National Portrait Gallery prepares for its grand reopening this week, critics, artists and curators pick their favourite works from 500 years of portraiture

From Kazuo Ishiguro to Zadie Smith, Granta’s list has been spotlighting future stars since 1983. Four decades on, what does its evolution says about our literary landscape?

Alleyn’s School has overhauled its English curriculum to introduce a diverse range of authors and challenge ‘white-centric, patriarchal and cis-gender ideologies’

Sarah Mantell’s script awarded Susan Smith Blackburn prize, beating plays by Zadie Smith, Kimber Lee and Ruby Thomas

This rigorous defence of middle-aged women, who are ignored and vilified, is an often painful read and a future classic

The Canterbury Tales’ most famous pilgrim is contextualised in a bawdy celebration of medieval womanhood

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of the most famous characters in English literature. Since appearing in the Canterbury tales in 1387, her tale has been rewritten and adapted by authors from the French philosopher Voltaire in the 18th century to the contemporary author Zadie Smith in 2021.

Despite perma-crises, the capital is still alive with opportunity and excitement — Martin Robinson has compiled the people, events and inspiring trends that make this year a big one for Londoners