Telegraph – Rowan Pelling
“I wonder what the adult book-phobes will make of Michael Gove’s ambition for schoolchildren to read 50 volumes a year. We spend so much time lamenting children’s preference for their DS to Roald Dahl that we often don’t note that many parents read little more taxing than their messages on Facebook. . . . So, while I look forward to my son being urged to read a book a week, I think Gove’s plan will reap richer rewards if parents are set the same homework.”(more)