reading

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In Kim Eunho’s 1927 ink and color painting on silk, “Woman Reading the Fortune of the Day,” a hostess in traditional hanbok dress whiles away her break with gaming tiles as a cigarette smolders nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Netta Weinstein of Reading University said people should avoid becoming too judgmental about their directionless phone use - with scrolling providing relaxtion, distraction, humour or connection for some.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Ed Hawkins, professor of climate science at the University of Reading, told the BBC that "Today's heat events are emerging earlier, intensifying faster and occurring across a much warmer background climate".

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Reading a review … it’s something rational that is describing something irrational.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The four friends hurried under the arch that led into the vast Rotunda Reading Room.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein