Deborah Safron in conversation with Roger Kneebone

Dr Deborah Safron is a sociologist and independent scholar who was brought up in America. As part of her research she is documenting the now abandoned practice of 'reading vacations' at Oxford University, and exploring how long-form reading might be revived - both for young people and those in retirement. We discuss how these ideas might help disadvantaged young people to experience intensive reading as they study, complementing the role of AI.

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Deborah Safron in conversation with Roger Kneebone is an episode from Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger Kneebone by Roger Kneebone.

This episode is 01:30:16 long.

This episode was published on Nov 3, 2025.

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