1DO3.com: Leisure & Arts > Read something

Go to 1DO3 Online

Home | Directory | Web Log | Make home page | About
Personal 1DO3 | 1DO3More | Suggest Changes | Help

What do you want to do?

Book	a holiday
Book	tickets
Buy	books
	CDs, DVDs and Videos
	musical equipment
Check	the lottery results
Check	the sports news and results
Cook	a meal
Develop	an arts project
Develop	your hobby
Enjoy	nature
Find a	sports club or venue
Find out	what's on
Find out about	bands and celebrities
Go	rambling
Go on a	retreat
Go to a	cinema
	concert
	library
	museum or art gallery
	restaurant
	theatre or opera
Indulge	yourself
Join a	gym or sports club
Listen to	music
Listen to	the radio
Look at	the current charts
Read	something
Watch	television

If what you want to do isn't listed, click here to suggest it to us.

Leisure & Arts > Read something (the links below will take you online)
Read a newspaper
	British Media Online From this site you can access most of the major newspapers published in the UK as well as a range of popular magazines, news websites and portals and some good current affairs sites. Although it looks a bit cluttered, this is an easy to use resource.
	News Directory The News Directory is a comprehensive listing of the world's press websites. This part of the site contains links to the websites of Britain's major nationwide newspapers. From here you can also access the regional section of the News Directory.
	NISS - Online News Sources This is a good resource that lists some of the best places to find news from all over the world and gain access to hundreds of different newspapers. There is a description of each site to help you find the right information and the list is well organised.
	Online newspapers This site allows you to search through literally thousands of online newspapers from most of the countries of the world to find the one you wish to read or contact. An excellent resource.
	Paperboy This is a colourful and easy to use site that has a vast amount of links to papers from all over the world. There are obvious links straight to the best of the UK press but you can also search for papers by name or region and get to news sites and radio.
	The Financial Times This is probably one of the best financial news sites on the internet. The FT takes its online presence very seriously and it shows in this comprehensive and well made site. News is up to the minute, reliable and well written. An excellent site.
	The Guardian This is recognised as being one of the best online versions of Britain's mainstream newspapers. It is well designed and a pleasure to browse through. You can read the current issue as well as looking at the host of other sections of this great site.
	The Internet Public Library - Newspapers This part of the internet public library gives you access to newspapers online from virtually every country in the world. The links are organized by continent/country or in a title index.
Read books online
*See Also:* Shopping > Buy books
	Bartleby A fantastic site that makes it easy to find classic works of literature to read online or download for free. This is exactly the kind of thing that the internet can be most useful for and Bartleby have done a great job in creating this website.
	Bibiomania This site provides access to loads of classic texts, reviews, study guides and reference books such as dictionaries and books of quotations, all free to read online or to download. An easy to use and useful site.
	IPL - Online books This is the online books section of the Internet Public Library site. It is a searchable database of links to the locations of over 18,000 different titles that are available to read online. You can search in a number of ways making this site easy to use.
	Online Books This site is an excellent way to find texts and books that are freely available to read online. The emphasis is on educational material but there are also many famous works of literature here. It is a well organised and comprehensive site.
	Project Gutenburg This is a site that allows you to download a vast number of books to read at your leisure. Any material that is not under copyright is likely to appear here at some point and all the texts in a simple format and very fast to obtain. Well worth a look.
Read plays online
	English Server Drama Collection This site contains a collection of original plays and screenplays, criticism and links to other sites concerned with theatre. If you are a budding playwright you can also get your work published here.
	Shakespeare Online A site that gives access to the complete works as well as providing a number of categorised links to other relevant information including a wealth of analysis. This is a comprehensive Shakespeare resource.
	WWW Virtual Library - Theatre From here you can find links to lots of plays and theatre pieces that are available to read and download online. There is also lots of other useful information available about all aspects of theatre and drama.
Read screenplays
	Simply Scripts This is a huge site that is packed full of movie and television scripts. There are hundreds and hundreds of movie scripts in particular, including various drafts of many films and different versions. They are all free and presented in alphabetical order.
	The Movie Cliches List This is an amusing site that lists the hundreds of ridiculous clichés that are present on major Hollywood films. They are divided into useful sections and are well written and often very funny. Well worth a look.

Tip: Pressing 'Tab' will scroll forward through the items on a web page or dialogue boxes on an online form.
Please send us tips that you think other users would find useful - editor@1DO3.com

If there are websites you think should be on this list, please click here to suggest them to us.