City top literature hot spot.Byline: By MARK SMITH EDINBURGH is the literary capital of the UK, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. new research The birthplace of Robert Louis Stevenson came out top in a survey of 15 British cities. They were ranked according to the number of bookshops and libraries, the amount spent on the latter and percentage of pupils with good literacy and English grades. Glasgow performed almost as well as Edinburgh on library spending, but finished lower down the table due to weaker academic results. The survey was carried out to coincide with Sky Arts' coverage of the Hay Festival The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Wales for ten days from May to June. Devised by Peter Florence in 1988, the festival was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The Woodstock of the mind". of literature. Presenter Mariella Frostrup Mariella Frostrup (born 12 November, 1962 in Oslo, Norway) is a journalist and television presenter, well known on British TV and radio for her mildly throaty voice, once voted the sexiest female voice on TV celebrities. Her voice is often used on TV commercials. said: "It's only fitting that Edinburgh, Unesco City of Literature and home to so writers - from Sir Walter Scott to Irvine Welsh, JK Rowling to Ian Rankin - should claim top spot." THE full list was: 1 Edinburgh, 2 Belfast, 3 Brighton, 4 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5 London, 6 Liverpool, 7 Cardiff, 8 Leeds, 9 Manchester, 10 Plymouth, 11 Sheffield, 12 Glasgow, 13 Bristol, 14 Birmingham, 15 Nottingham. CAPTION(S): LOCAL: Robert |
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