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Letters of Note

Shaun Usher

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

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It was all too sordid

The residents of Hillimer Street, Fulham, dance at the street Coronation party, June 1953. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Few people enjoyed a party quite like Dylan Thomas, and few people could write...

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Nothing beats having good references

Please join me in wishing a happy birthday to the following letters, all written on the first day of an October gone by.


Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1 Oct 1861


I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & e...

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Diaries of Note

Hello!

This Sunday, 20th September, I’ll be taking Diaries of Note to Cadogan Hall in London as part of Chelsea Arts Festival.

I’ll be joined by the brilliant Celia Imrie, Denise Gough and Lucas Jones, who’ll be bringing to life a select...

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To the Police Officer who helped me on September 11th

NYPD officers help one another after the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo by Matt Moyer/Corbis via Getty Images)


Twenty-five years ago today, on 11th September 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the t...

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I AM NOW ON CLOUD 9,000

Elvis Presley on stage during his 1972 Madison Square Garden Concert in New York City. (Photo by Getty)

In June 1972, Elvis Presley took over Madison Square Garden for four sold-out concerts in three days, his first full-scale live shows i...

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  • Shaun Usher

    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.

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