2026 The National Year of Reading
New Year’s Day is often nice and quiet, so what better day to get down to some delightful reading?...
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British Living Legend: Delia Smith’s 12th Man Football Cry
Twenty years on, the "message to the best football supporters in the world", has like a fine wine, just got better with age....
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Ingrid Connors – The Early Years: The Roarsome Story Of How Monster Phonics Began
Up until 5 years ago, Ingrid Connors was still working out her award-winning Monster Phonics reading scheme on her kitchen table.
With magnetic modesty, Ingrid is keen to emphasise that it is her team, now numbering 12, – and the merits of the reading programme itself – that have done...
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Postcards From America Or Should That Be (A)merica?
A few snapshots of a recent springbreak...
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Dyslexia: The Reading Room By Quarantine Theatre In Central Library With Jules Styles
As it’s National Dyslexia Week, here’s a blog from the Nikki Wordsmith archives with Jules Styles that touches on this topic in a celebratory neurodivergent way… ...
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