A wave of parents is quietly rethinking baby-name shortlists, drawn to something warm, storied and surprisingly modern. In conversations at antenatal ...

A few months have passed since hundreds of pupils across Edinburgh celebrated their first day at school in August.

Making English a compulsory subject from grade 1 is undeniably the right direction, but as a parent, the policy still brings me mixed thoughts: I'm worried that my child will be overloaded.