Stop #4: Words from women that opened up my week

On reading properly, listening properly, inhabiting other people's minds, getting out of our own

I’ve started each early morning this week by reading (some pages of a book), then listening (to voices, on programmes, while waking myself up on my exercise bike). I can only do this as my son is away at his cousin’s, but it’s been a good use of time, and a good thing for my head.

A tough confession for a book critic: I find it hard to read for pleasure…