Stefan Collini responds to Ronan McDonald’s review of Literature and Learning, insisting on history as ‘an inherently cool medium’ and the partiality of historical accounts of English studies that focus too exclusively on the discipline’s charismatic appeal in the early to mid-twentieth century. 

On 12 February 2026, Mununjali poet, artist, and activist Lionel Fogarty died at the age of sixty-eight. In honour of Fogarty’s indefatigable commitment to justice and many-sided artistic legacy, we present a series of tributes to his life and work by fellow poets, artists, scholars, and publishers.