Grunge and rap to feature in new lesson aids for music teachers in England
Curriculum resources also to include more diverse English literature texts and history topics such as ‘imperial decline’
July 2023
Andrea Levy’s notes on Mary Seacole brought to light by IT experts
The writer’s scripts for a TV series about the nurse were among those recovered from her old computer by the British Library
June 2023
Home truths: literature’s enduring love affair with landlords
From Orwell’s ‘horribly observant’ Mrs Wisbeach to Andrea Levy’s benign Queenie – how writers portray landlords tells us much about about changing society through the ages
March 2022
Small Island review – enthralling Windrush drama makes stylish return
A superb new cast show this story of love, war and racial prejudice has earned its place in the National Theatre pantheon
October 2021
The Long Song review – a vivid, harrowing staging of Andrea Levy’s novel
Tara Tijani and Llewella Gideon are superb in this unblinking portrait of dignity amid moral horror, which follows a Jamaican woman looking back on her life
November 2020
Royal Society of Literature reveals historic changes to improve diversity
Eminent group adds pens of Andrea Levy and Jean Rhys to its collection as it sets out to champion writers of colour
June 2020
Leah Harvey on Small Island: 'We are sharing the story of why our country is the way it is'
Lockdown culture
National Theatre announces final free streams including Small Island
April 2020
Women's prize at 25: what it is like to win by Zadie Smith, Naomi Alderman and more
Top 10s
Top 10 books about Londoners
March 2020
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Top 10 books about the Windrush generation
These stories of struggle and hope by authors from Andrea Levy to Stuart Hall and Jay Bernard are much more than historical tales
February 2020
Andrea Levy's literary archive acquired by British Library
The Windrush chronicler best known for novels Small Island and The Long Song died in 2019
December 2019
The Observer's obituaries of 2019
Andrea Levy remembered by Bill Mayblin
The author’s husband recalls her sure-footed wisdom, humour and humanity and the uplifting task of going through the notes and drafts she left behind
September 2019
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Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000
June 2019
The Guardian view on book prizes: the more the merrier
Editorial: The Booker prize may have lost some of its prestige, but that allows other awards – and different books – to shine
May 2019
'It does still shock you': Windrush generation's verdict on Small Island
As Andrea Levy’s epic hits the National stage, three people whose families came to Britain from the Caribbean give their opinions – and recall their own struggles
The week in theatre: Small Island; Avalanche: A Love Story; The Half God of Rainfall – review
Rufus Norris’s epic adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Windrush novel is spectacular
Small Island review – Levy’s Windrush epic makes momentous theatre
Andrea Levy’s story of first-generation Jamaican immigrants in postwar Britain has been skilfully adapted and staged with hurtling energy
February 2019
Taking Green Book critics to task
The Guardian Books podcast
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