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1Jul 27, '23RIP31.4×2.3M47k5.8k507
2Dec 3, '17All other rejection letters can step down. We have a winner.16.4×028k8.5k12
3Oct 1, '23On this day in 1861, Charles Darwin was relatable.16×1.2M15k3.2k803
4Feb 11, '19Eton College writes to Boris Johnson's dad in 198214.2×018k9k423
5Aug 26, '19George Bush Sr's dog got so fat in 1992 that he (Bush) sent this memo to all White House staff. #InternationalDogDay14.1×024k6.6k470
6Jan 1, '23Happy New Year12.8×948k5.3k1.4k97
7Jul 24, '21On this day in 1953, novelist Shirley Jackson replied to a disappointed reader.11.6×023k4.2k591
8Aug 16, '18In 1993 NY Post columnist Liz Smith wrote: "[Aretha Franklin] must know she’s too bosomy to wear such clothing, but she just doesn't care what we think, and that attitude is what s10.8×018k5.6k124
9Jan 12, '22It's quite simple.9.3×018k3.7k299
10Nov 23, '14A letter to parents, included in 1970s Lego sets:7.7×09k6.5k11
11Feb 26, '19Emma Thompson writes to the producers of "Luck" re their hiring of John Lasseter, who recently left Disney/Pixar following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.7.4×011k4k131
12Jan 23, '18RIP Ursula Le Guin. Here she is in 1987, turning down an offer to blurb an all-male sci-fi anthology.6.9×09.7k4.7k6
13Nov 16, '16Fascist Oswald Mosley was born 120yrs ago today. Here's Bertrand Russell telling him to shove it - a letter I've thought about a lot lately.6.6×07k5.6k4
15Nov 9, '22On this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had asked “What makes a good citizen?"6.1×011k2.8k616
16Mar 8, '17A suffragette writes to the Telegraph in 1913. #InternationalWomensDay5.8×08.3k4.1k1
17Jan 14, '19Dave Grohl turns 50 today. He's achieved plenty during his half-century--Nirvana, Foo Fighters, that lovely hair--but it's safe to say he peaked when he wrote to Cornwall Council.5.4×09k2.8k69
18Nov 11, '16Leonard Cohen's recent letter to his dying muse, Marianne Ihlen, takes on a new poignancy with the sad news of his death.5.4×06.1k4.3k28
19Apr 4, '20I'll send a set of these new Letters of Note books to one person who retweets this. Randomly chosen. You have 24hrs to take part. I'll sign them unless told otherwise, & I'll w5.3×02k6.4k16
20Sep 19, '23Sick of signing off "sincerely"? Here are some alternatives of note. Part 1.5.1×378k3k638558
21Mar 14, '18"I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers." – Stephen Hawking, when asked about his IQ. RIP x4.8×09k2.4k13
22May 19, '20Ernest Hemingway on the apparent symbolism in his 1952 novel, 'The Old Man and the Sea'.4.4×08.1k1.6k209
23Sep 20, '23Kurt Vonnegut with some hollow advice on this day in 19724.0×298k4.1k574408
24Mar 8, '17Ursula Le Guin turns down an offer to blurb an all-male sci-fi anthology. #InternationalWomensDay4.0×05.8k2.6k3
25Mar 24, '24On this day in 1921, Katherine Mansfield wrote to her husband's mistress.4.0×296k2.2k284333
26Mar 8, '17Tina Fey responds to an online commenter. #InternationalWomensDay3.9×06.6k2k3
27Jan 3, '22Happy Birthday JRR Tolkien!3.7×08.1k1.1k186
28Sep 23, '23A bold move.3.5×262k2.2k30792
29Oct 10, '17"I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers." – Stephen Hawking, when asked about his IQ.3.5×06k2k0
30Apr 6, '17Isaac Asimov died 25 years ago today. He was a good egg.3.3×04.1k2.6k1
31Jun 7, '17The great Dorothy Parker, who died 50 years ago today, informs her editor that she has writer's block.3.3×04.6k1.9k6
32Aug 22, '19Dorothy Parker, born on this day in 1893, informs her editor that she has writer's block.3.3×05.2k1.4k175
33Aug 12, '17From 1976, the Attorney General of Alabama responding very succinctly to a white supremacist.3.2×04.4k2.2k0
34Oct 21, '16Happy birthday Ursula Le Guin, who once turned down an offer to blurb an all-male sci-fi anthology with this letter3.2×04k2.4k0
35Aug 9, '24Happy birthday to this plan.3.1×227k3.5k666234
36Jan 22, '20RIP Terry Jones. I'll never forget him turning up at the launch party for the Letters of Note book in 2013 & then reading aloud this letter about Monty Python & the Holy Gr3.0×05.2k1.6k79
37Jan 18, '19*violent cough*3.0×05.1k1.5k19
38Apr 2, '15Alec Guinness, born on this day in 1914, writes to a friend as he begrudgingly prepares to shoot Star Wars.2.8×02.3k3k0
39Feb 6, '18Letter to the Telegraph, 1913 #100years #Suffrage100 #Vote1002.8×03.6k2.1k4
40Sep 24, '17Never forget.2.8×03.7k2k0
42Aug 15, '19Remember when a drunk guy wrote to Denmark and asked if he could have Greenland, and Denmark replied. (cc @realDonaldTrump)2.7×04.3k1.5k120
44Jan 27, '20Today marks 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. This letter was written by Vilma Grunwald, who gave it to a guard moments before she entered the gas chamber with her disabl2.6×03.5k1.8k101
45May 9, '17#tbt2.5×03.3k1.7k0
46Aug 14, '17Michael, they're Nazis. And for the record, I'm VERY happy to lose followers who are Nazis and I'd prefer it if Nazis didn't buy my books.2.4×04.8k9032
48Jun 10, '16It's June 10th, Maurice Sendak's birthday, which means I literally have no choice but to remind everyone of this.2.4×02.9k2k1
49Dec 22, '19Incredible letter to the Irish Times this week. Please take a moment. (Thanks to the many people who have sent this to me.)2.3×04k97492
50Mar 14, '18In every possible way, this letter is perfect.2.2×03.7k1.1k24
51Mar 26, '24Happy National Solitude Day to all who celebrate (quietly).2.1×155k3k503432
52Aug 29, '16This Gene Wilder letter about Willy Wonka's outfit will forever be a favourite.2.1×02.4k1.6k0
53Nov 22, '17Days after JFK died, the hospital to which he and his killer had been taken sent this memo to their staff. (More: )2.0×02.8k1.3k4
54May 1, '18No shit1.9×04.2k7190
55Feb 2, '18"I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders. I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & toda1.9×02.7k98532
56Oct 2, '23Excellent advice from Vincent van Gogh on this day in 1884. Really wish I could follow it.1.8×135k2.1k427302
57Sep 23, '22RIP Hilary Mantel x1.8×03.5k705111
58May 18, '21Here's Prince Philip telling Spike Milligan he can't nudge anyone onto the honours list.1.8×03.8k55882
60May 21, '20fyi this works when declining all manner of invites, e.g. Zoom calls1.8×03.2k78885
61Jan 14, '16Alan Rickman's letter of advice to 16-year-old Alan Rickman (from the book, 'Dear Me').1.8×02.1k1.5k10
62Feb 28, '22George Bernard Shaw grumpily turning things down.1.7×03.1k655177
63Mar 14, '18Stephen Hawking’s reply to The Face magazine when, in 1995, they asked him for an equation for time travel.1.7×02.4k1.2k4
64Jan 16, '13Capt. Beefheart to Bono, regarding a collaboration: "Dear Bongo, I don't know who you are or what you want from me but don't call me again."1.6×01.6k1.5k8
65Jul 11, '20On this day in 1899, E. B. White was born. He was, in my opinion, the greatest letter writer.1.6×03k629139
66Aug 29, '21RIP Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, reggae legend and proud defender of Paul McCartney.1.6×02.8k721105
67Aug 6, '19RIP Toni Morrison, a magnificent storyteller and terrible librarian.1.6×02.6k95326
69Jun 24, '22Nora Ephron 26 years ago.1.5×02.6k82764
70Aug 26, '20Never forget: George Bush Sr's dog got so fat in 1992 that he (Bush) sent this memo to all White House staff. #InternationalDogDay1.5×02.7k63657
71Sep 24, '19ok ok ok I'll tweet it again1.5×02.1k1k28
73Jan 22, '20On this day in 1962, Bertrand Russell told fascist leader Oswald Mosley to shove it. Happy birthday to this unimprovable letter. More info:1.4×02.1k74289
78Dec 1, '18George HW Bush handing over to Bill Clinton in 19931.2×02k57211
79Sep 19, '20In 2010, Ruth Bader Ginsburg found a letter amongst her late-husband's belongings, written a week before he died.1.2×02.3k45180
80Nov 12, '18A teenage George R. Martin writes to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 19631.2×02k64420
81Jan 6, '17Jack Lemmon writing to Burt Reynolds is everything.1.1×01.6k7233
82Mar 25, '20Aretha Franklin would've turned 78 today. In 1993, Newsday columnist Liz Smith wrote: "[Aretha] must know she’s too bosomy to wear such clothing, but she just doesn't care what we 1.1×01.8k51550
83Nov 16, '18RIP William Goldman. This is the letter he sent to readers keen to know about the missing ‘reunion scene’ in The Princess Bride.1.1×01.7k59087
84Aug 17, '19RIP Richard Williams, animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Here’s one of many memos he wrote during production of that groundbreaking classic.1.1×01.9k54835
85Jan 20, '1840 years ago today, Kate Bush's debut single Wuthering Heights was released. Here she is, weeks later, generously sending handwritten lyrics to a fan. (I've seen a few similar lett1.1×01.7k6103
86Jan 16, '20Frida Kahlo to Diego Rivera as she waits for her leg to be amputated. (From LETTERS OF NOTE: LOVE, which is out next month.)1.0×01.8k37967
87Mar 4, '19This is the letter John Candy used to send to fans in ‘84 around the time of Splash, 3 years before Planes, Trains & Automobiles. There are others that I’ll dig out.1.0×02.1k32716
88Oct 22, '20Sext.1.0×01.9k29079
89Dec 16, '20The morning after a party, a hungover Jane Austen writes to her sister with the gossip. Had she not died 203 years ago, Jane would've turned 245 today.1.0×02k22080
90Sep 17, '22Letters to the Editor:1.0×02.2k27461
91May 22, '18This letter from Greta Garbo is now my canned response on gmail1.0×01.8k46627
94Jan 24, '19#NationalComplimentDay0.9×01.6k45115

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