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It bangs one about until one is senseless
Soon after King George’s death, his grieving widow, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, was sent a soothing anthology by British poet Edith Sitwell. This…
Shaun Usher
Apr 17
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Oh Christ, the cook is dead
Spike Milligan was born on this day in 1919. He wrote countless letters during his 83 years, many of them “of note,” and Spike is connected to more tha…
Shaun Usher
Apr 16
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The point of being an artist is that you may live
Painting advice from Sherwood Anderson
Shaun Usher
Apr 15
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Most of all I shall remember the monarchs
Seven months before she died, Rachel Carson spent a morning at the coast with her dear friend Dorothy Freeman, watching the migration of monarch butter…
Shaun Usher
Apr 14
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If you are to be, be the first
Today’s letter is sent to you on the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight.
Shaun Usher
Apr 12
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Don't forget us
On the evening of her wedding, Princess Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, wrote her a letter. She opened it on their honeymoon.
Shaun Usher
Apr 9
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DO
Sol LeWitt died on this day in 2007, and for that reason I’m sending you a letter of his that hangs, framed, on a wall in my office.
Shaun Usher
Apr 8
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We all feel like that now and then
On this day in letters
Shaun Usher
Apr 6
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We press you close and kiss you with all our strength
Exactly 70 years ago, on 5th April 1951, married couple Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sentenced to death thanks to testimony from Ethel’s brother, Da…
Shaun Usher
Apr 5
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(not one of your best)
Graham Greene vs Anthony Burgess
Shaun Usher
Apr 3
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New rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day
*Harrison Ford – ever heard of him?
Shaun Usher
Apr 2
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I was wedged tight, up to my neck, in a huge tub of lard
As with everything, there are exceptions, however, there is literally nothing less enthralling than someone retelling, even with the greatest of enthus…
Shaun Usher
Mar 31
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