The crime of malicious rottenness

I. M. Grinch vs S. T. Nicholas

Dec 23 • Shaun Usher

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The anguish must be borne

A letter of condolence from George Eliot

Dec 22 • Shaun Usher

111

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All my senses are being tortured simultaneously

A letter of complaint of note

Dec 21 • Shaun Usher

102

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What do I want for Christmas?

Letters of Noël

Dec 18 • Shaun Usher

96

6

7

November 2025

It’s a masterpiece

Martin Scorsese's filmmaking idol sends some glowing feedback

Nov 14 • Shaun Usher

95

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October 2025

1984 v A Brave New World

Two giants collide

Oct 21 • Shaun Usher

127

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I love my wife, my wife is dead

A devastating letter from Richard Feynman – with a reading by Toby Jones

Oct 17 • Shaun Usher

212

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31

A great desert lies ahead of me

A touching letter from Edith Wharton

Oct 15 • Shaun Usher

86

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5

Diaries of Note is here

HOLD ME!

Oct 8 • Shaun Usher

145

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Do you think I shall ever write a really good book?

On this day in letters

Oct 1 • Shaun Usher

118

4

12

September 2025

He came and rearranged our molecules

A stunning letter of condolence following the death of James Dean

Sep 30 • Shaun Usher

116

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How to turn down an invitation

Happy birthday to a gem

Sep 28 • Shaun Usher

138

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