'I think I really read newspapers from a sense of duty to keep in touch with the news of the world. Under certain conditions I am vitally interested in the news, and I am only too eager to read the papers when there is a crisis or something touching me personally to some extent. Some news such as the Spanish war now, I read to keep up with conversations etc, but find no interest there. Cricket and sports I read for conversations too, personally I have never been able to steer [?stir] up any lasting feelings for sport, but one must be keen on the Test. Sometimes I feel bored and enjoy reading all the petty scandals in the smaller columns of the news. In Sunday papers I read the articles (medical, political, and social) from sheer interest, they are very good. Advertisements always attract me, and the comic strips are perhaps the biggest attraction of all more than even news!'