Does soundbite culture harm research, or help it?
It is widely agreed that we live in a ‘soundbite culture’, one which prioritises short, punchy forms of communication. From the TED-Talk...
You are what you read? Why reading is a fundamental threat to identity
In a moving passage of Dickens' novel, the ill-treated David Copperfield remembers ‘sitting on my bed, reading as if for life’.[1] His...
Where You Read: What Does It Say About You?
Reading spaces have been important in British culture since literacy itself took hold. Places such as libraries, bedrooms and railway...