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Medical Humanities PhD at University of Leeds
The School of English and the Faculty of Medicine and Health at University of Leeds have come together to offer…
Dear parent: why your dyslexic child struggles with reading
On the Guardian's education blog today, Professor Maryanne Wolf explains, in a letter to parents of children with reading problems,…
Empowerment Through Literacy: Literacy Shaping Futures conference
The 47th UKLA International Conference: Empowerment Through Literacy: Literacy Shaping Futures. The University of Chester Friday 15th to Sunday 17th…
Maryanne Wolf: Reading is not Natural
It seems like the most natural thing in the world for many of us now but a long while ago,…
Your Brain on Shakespeare
Ever wondered what rapper Snoop Dog, HBO's TV series The Wire, and Shakespeare have in common? Shakespeare, like rappers, and…
Reading in Practice MA 2011 enrolement
The Reader Organisation is involved in the development of the part-time MA degree in Reading in Practice, working with Professor…
‘Care and Compassion?’
Today sees the publication of a report which concludes that the NHS is failing to provide even the most basic…
BBC to finish Charles Dickens’s “Edwin Drood”
Writer Gwyneth Hughes has completed The Mystery of Edwin Drood for a BBC Four drama, to be screened later this…
Reading in the Bath
Well, not quite reading in the bath but reading in Bath. On 1st March Angela Macmillan, Jane Davis and TRO…
Call for support for people with dementia and their carers
A report published today by the Alzheimer’s Society calls for better support for people with dementia who are living at…
Featured Poem: No Worst, There Is None by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Like everything in life, poetry comes in all shapes and sizes, forms and styles, dealing with almost every subject imaginable.…
Romeo and Juliet at the Fire Station on film
Did you miss Romeo and Juliet at the Fire Station? Want to relive some of the memories? No idea what…