Sleep well my love

A love letter from one soldier to another

I’m sharing this letter today as it’s the 80th anniversary of the first meeting between its writer, Brian, and his love, Dave. The letter can be found in the second volume of Letters of Note. Some years ago, to my surprise, I was contacted by Alison Goldfrapp who told me that this letter inspired one of her songs, Clay, which I’m embedding beneath the l…