Childcare advice from Dr Spock to Gina Ford can set impossible targets by laying down opinions that sound like orders. Click here to read more of this article from a recent edition of the Guardian.

A 70s punk shocker, messy Madchester in the 80s, a 90s Britpop feud, and the X Factor Grinch in the 00s: on the eve of its 60th birthday next month, four NME editors pick their favourite covers and recall what defined their times. Read this Observer article here.

Here’s an article from the Observer on how disco’s 1970s heyday opened doors for black, Hispanic and gay people, and its influence lives on.

Damien Hirst has gone from mouthy YBA to global brand over the past 25 years – and become the world’s richest living artist on the way. Here he talks about money, mortality and his first retrospective in Britain. Read the rest of this article here.

If you don’t read a quality newspaper you may be missing out on some potentially useful articles to inform your studies. Here’s a link to an article on artist Gillian Wearing from the Observer a couple of weeks ago…

‘As her forthcoming Whitechapel show illustrates, the artist has a rare talent for persuading people to disclose their private thoughts. So why is the former Turner prize winner reluctant to reveal what troubles her? Click here to find out.’