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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Coming up, are we entering a post-literate age?
Ian, despite all the evidence that you've just described about the very many benefits of reading, I've read a lot of reports about the fact that we're doing it less.
We're picking up fewer and fewer books.
And it's part of the reason we're having this conversation.
I mean, are we putting down books for good?
I mean, I am so guilty of that, Ian.
But very often I'm like, oh, I'm going to read my book and then I get my phone out and I just find half an hour has passed.
I've been looking at videos and yeah, it is pretty bad.
And I'm not doing less reading because I'm reading a lot of emails every day, but I guess it's what we're reading.
And
You know, I used to be a really, really big reader as a kid and as a teenager.
But is it a use it or lose it situation?
If I don't start reading again, am I going to lose it?
They're really more important than ever before because we're kind of navigating this online landscape where we're having to kind of pick apart information really quickly and understand it.
So having those skills feels very important today.
After everything that you've explained, I definitely feel persuaded that I should put more effort into picking up that book at night before I go to bed.
And I'm sure our listeners will feel that way as well.
But if anyone isn't persuaded yet, maybe you could give your elevator pitch for books.
And maybe I'd love to hear as well about a book that's kind of changed something for you, that's given you something.
Thanks to Ian and to Falk Utig.
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