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 Whenever I travel I see people reading something, books, magazines and novels. Why do people like reading so much?
Katie, China
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The UK is well-known for its reading tradition. Some people like to buy books to read, others prefer to borrow books from the library.
Reading facilities are readily available throughout the country; every local community has at least one library that residents are entitled to use and it's free of charge.
People seem to enjoy holding a book, magazine or a newspaper in their hands whenever they travel. No wonder that the UK is one of the biggest consumers of books worldwide.
But what has made the UK a reading nation? What is behind this reading tradition? Yang Li and Jo Reffin find out.
Do you have a question about Britain?
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