If you're feeling intimidated by the number of books that certain FT staff are devouring while on holiday, rest assured that the median UK adult has read three books in the past year.

New poll finds 40% of Britons have not read a book in the past yearThe median British adult has read or listened to three books in the past 12 months with reading habits also split along gender, class and political divideswww.theguardian.com