Excerpts: A three-year investigation by a team at The University of Manchester has shown that contrary to popular expectation, Brits spent more time reading in recent times than they did in the 1970s. The findings contrast with the United States where book reading declined markedly during a similar period. However, the number of Brits reading newspapers and magazines declined - though those people who read newspapers and magazines devoted more time to it. (...) The findings contrast strongly with fears about the nation's declining love of books marked by Victoria Beckham's 2005 admission that she has 'never read a book in her life'. (...)
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