Madeleine Finlay
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2,527 appearances
37 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 4d ago
Madeleine Finlay’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Okay, so you've got quite a stack going.
you're going to read next.
Yeah, I've got a very similar problem, Ian.
I've got a shelf full of books that I definitely should have read and look forward to reading at some point, but haven't yet quite got round to.
Now, we're going to talk about the benefits of reading.
And there are obviously some big benefits in terms of being literate in comparison to being illiterate, you know, navigating the world, access to information.
But just to start off, how has literacy changed our brains?
And when we learn to read and write, the very first thing we have to master is the alphabet.
And as any parent, teacher, recipient of a card from a niece or nephew knows, it's not the easiest thing to do, right?
It takes some time.
So what does figuring out all these shapes do for us?
OK, so once you've learned the alphabet, you begin to combine the letters to learn words and then those words, you know, become our expanded vocabulary.
This all requires memory.
So presumably literacy has some effect on our memories.
Ian, it's interesting there that you mention unfolding stories because in our jobs, we read and you write a lot of stories.
And in that, you have to follow or construct a logical argument.
This, then that, then that, then that.
That must play a role.
And one of the most joyous things about reading is its ability to transport you to new worlds, to take you to different times, different places, also to allow you to see your own world from a totally new perspective.
And I do think reading just really opens the mind.
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