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The Reader Gets Angry Part Two

Some Reader Online readers may remember this article by Gabriella Gruder-Poni, ‘Scenes from a PGCE’ (which was published in part…

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NEW: The Reader 43

Ian McMillan writes a poem in celebration of the first staging of The Winter’s Tale, in which we meet Shakespeare…

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Time to turn off the TV and get kids into reading

For many a frazzled and tight-on-time parent, the small black box (or sleek silver 42 inch plasma) in the corner…

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Dorset Delights with Brian Nellist

Treat yourself to some serious reading for pleasure on this ten-week reading course with Brian Nellist. Brian will be leading…

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A Great Big Huge THANK YOU

Thank you to everybody who sponsored our reader runners, we are 100% grateful for your generous donations and I think…

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Texts and tweets: Poetry for the next generation?

Whilst browsing my daily newspaper a few weeks ago, I was somewhat shocked to come across a story outlining the…

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Reading With Children – Benefits on a Grand Scale

Just in case you haven't noticed, plenty of The Reader staff ran the 5K in Liverpool the weekend before last,…

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Roald Dahl Day

Today is officially Roald Dahl Day- a chance to celebrate everything wonderful about the work and life of Roald Dahl…

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The Fleetingly Beautiful Final Fitness Diary

Don't you just want to cry? Really? I know you will miss reading these fitness diaries. I can't say that…

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This is Different: this is why we are running

Hello everybody, I would like to draw your attention to this story from Anna Fleming, one of our Young Person's…

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A Fitness Diary from Wembley Stadium

You know you're taking the 5k run seriously when even on arguably the best day of your life, and within…

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Featured Poem: Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson

Apologies for the slight delay with this week's featured poem - blame Bank Holiday bugs in the system...! Even if…

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