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Letter: A good book is as good as self-transcendence (1)

Published 16 March 2022

From Anne Goodall, Churchdown, Gloucestershire, UK

Regarding your look at the benefits of self-transcendence (5 March, p 44). Simply losing yourself in a good book can be a benefit in this world of constant outside stimuli.

Issue no. 3378 published 19 March 2022

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