‘It always brings a tear to my eye’: Duchess of Cornwall speaks about a book by her late brother as she recommends good reads for coronavirus self-isolation The Duchess of Cornwall has revealed her top Coronavirus reading list Many people are using the lockdown as an opportunity to read more books Among her top ten … Read more
WHAT BOOK first turned comedian and writer Arthur Smith to reading? Arthur Smith is currently reading Sloot by the Irish writer Ian Macpherson He would take the Complete Works of Shakespeare to a desert island The Man Who Didn’t Wash His Dishes by Phyllis Krasilovsky first got him reading By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:00 GMT, … Read more
YOUR STARTER FOR TEN 1 In 1974, Nadine Gordimer and Stanley Middleton. In 1992, Michael Ondaatje and Barry Unsworth. In 2019, Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo. What am I talking about? 2 Which British novelist, who died earlier this year aged 94, remained in obscurity until the age of 64, when her 13th novel, The … Read more
Reading a good book is the best way of boosting literacy — but magazines and comics don’t help, study shows Researchers examined the reading habits of 40,000 young students in Spain They also looked at their test results and levels of parental engagement Reading books daily raised results — as much as three months’ more schooling Yet the … Read more
One in four 15-year-olds have a reading age of 12 or below and struggle to understand questions in their GCSE exams Test provider GL Assessment analysed the reading abilities of 370,000 pupils 25% have reading age of 12 or below and 20% have skills of 11-year-old and under Worryingly, 10% have a reading age equivalent … Read more