Column: Tax breaks on books won’t save reading from a slow death

Column: Tax breaks on books won’t save reading from a slow death

In a series of tax reforms designed to ease the burden on consumers’ wallets, Denmark has made several household essentials cheaper: Electricity, coffee, chocolate, cream puffs and books. OK, so the cream puffs, or Vandbakkelser, may not be strictly necessary.…

Is the Death of Reading Inevitable? – The Daily Sceptic

Reading is slipping away from children and adults alike, with serious literature pushed to the margins; Dr Nicholas Tate argues we need schools, universities and classics to bring it back.