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Reading and storytelling

Start the Week by BBC

Mar 2, 202641:43Society & Culture

The UK government has declared 2026, the National Year of Reading. The numbers suggest that reading needs all the public relations it can get. Under a third of school children say they read for pleasure and the number go...

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Reading and storytelling is an episode from Start the Week by BBC. The UK government has declared 2026, the National Year of Reading. The numbers suggest that reading needs all the public relations it can get. Under a third of school childr...

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Published Mar 2, 2026, 41:43 long, audio available.