I would like to retain ‘fart in your general direction’

Happy birthday to the following letter, written on this day in 1974. It will forever hold a special place in my heart not just because it’s very funny, but also because eight years ago, to my complete and utter surprise, it was read aloud by the late, great Terry Jones at the launch party for the first Letters of Note book¹. I didn’t even know he’d been …