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Please join me in wishing the happiest of birthdays to the following letters1, all written on the third day of a July gone by.Photo by Robert Natkin/Getty ImagesIt has never been very easy for me to live, though I am always very happy-maybe because I want

Nothing really connects the letters below, but for one reason or another they've all been on my mind recently. I thought you might enjoy them too.Frida Kahlo in 1926, photographed by her father. (Photo: Google Arts & Culture)I want to kiss you. I want our

1998: Patsy Clarke, co-founder of Mothers Against Jesse in Congress (MAJIC). (Photo by Will And Deni McIntyre/Getty Images)On this day in 1995, a year after her son, Mark, died of AIDS at the age of 31, Patsy Clarke wrote the following letter to Jesse Hel

King George VI and Winston Churchill in 1944 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)By June 1944, Winston Churchill had decided that directing the war from London was not enough. He wanted to witness the D-Day landings from HMS Belfast and, if possible, se

The only acceptable way to write letters during a heatwave (Photo by Paul Thompson/FPG/Getty Images)What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.Jane AustenLetter to Cassandra Austen18th September 1796-Jane Austen's Le

Today is the anniversary of a masterclass in dealing with trolls, before trolls had a name, by the great Hermione Gingold. Please enjoy, and keep scrolling to see this exchange being brought to life back in 2016 at Letters Live by Louise Brealey and Sophi

Charles Darwin photographed by Leonard Darwin. Wikimedia.It was on this day in 1809 that one of my favourite haters was born. Celebrated biologist, naturalist, and holder of the intimidating title, 'Father of Evolution,' Charles Darwin was undoubtedly one

Please join me in wishing the happiest of birthdays to the following letters, all written on the tenth day of a February gone by. Virginia Woolf in 1902, by George Beresford. Wikimedia.Sorry I was so glum. I'm in a cursed mood and can't bear the human fac

The following piece of correspondence was written on this day in 1992 and can be found in the book, Letters of Note: Dogs. President Bush & Ranger in 1991. Photo: Presidential Library & Museum.Since 1800, when John Adams first moved into the newly-built W

I really like letters. I began the Letters of Note website in 2009 and have since authored 14 Letters of Note books. I also like lists. The Lists of Note website began in 2011; a book followed in 2014.