Posted on
October 20, 2009
A recent survey reveals that about half the children in the UK spend more time watching TV or playing on the computer than reading.
The research also indicated that a third of all parents said that bookshelves in their homes were now infested with DVDs and computer games.
The survey, commissioned by ...
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Posted on
August 31, 2009
La Roux attracted a huge crowd dwarfing the Festival Republic tent as they played one of the last sets of the 2009 edition of the Reading Festival Sunday night.
In scenarios resembling Arctic Monkeys' initial appearance at the festival in 2005, the audience spilled in front of the New Bands stage ...
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Posted on
August 26, 2009
Club NME is set to stage a one-off night to kick off the Reading Festival early this year.
A special musical event is scheduled to take place on Thursday August 27, right before the festival kicks off, allowing early arrivals to get into the musical extravaganza spirit straight away.
The happening will ...
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