BBC Introducing: tomorrow's stars today
BBC Introducing is a catch all concept to give a break to “unsigned, undiscovered and under the radar music.” In other words, the bands nobody has heard of yet (and often, it has to be said, with good...
View ArticleMy bookshelves are in complete chaos – I wouldn't have it any other way
Speaking on the subject of books and arranging them on shelves or in bookcases, Alexander McCall Smith says he has a “guilt shelf”. This is for books which have come into the house, either bought by...
View ArticleThere is a lot to learn from re-reading books
For some people holidays are an opportunity to work through the books on the bedside table. But for me holidays are about comfort reading – and that means pulling the same well-thumbed works down from...
View ArticleIf you 'don't have time to read', how can you expect your child to respect...
Fewer children read out of school, that is, in their spare time – only a quarter of them, according to a report from the National Literacy Trust. This is somewhat depressing news for those brought up...
View ArticleChildren in libraries are explorers in a strange land. Adults should never...
Neil Gaiman is an author of fantasy novels. I’ve never read any of them, fantasy being little to my taste. Perhaps I’ve been missing something, for there was no fantasy but much very good sense in the...
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