Every January, thousands of readers log on to Goodreads, Instagram or TikTok and make the same declaration: this is the year I read 50 books. Or 75. Or 100. Screenshots of spreadsheets circulate, templates... Read more »
Sir Jonathan Bate, a professor of English literature at Oxford, this week voiced his concern at the “attrition of attention span”, as witnessed through his undergraduates’ inability to keep up with reading... Read more »