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Happy 70th birthday to the perfect excuse.
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I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it. Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.
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This is hilarious but also Letters of Note is a delightful book that I highly recommend, I’m with Louis on this one
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RIP David Hockney
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Happy birthday to my favourite of all the haters, Charles Darwin
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Happy birthday Mozart!
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Diaries of Note is finally published tomorrow and I couldn't be prouder. A journey through the leap year via 366 diary entries from history. Diarists include Virginia Woolf, Nelson Mandela, Simone de Beauvoir, Elton John, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Derek Jarman, Audre Lorde...
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On this day in 1950, Sylvia Plath was me
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In 1913, Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a profoundly moving letter to a friend who was grieving for her brother.
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Fabulous letter from the great Deborah Moggach in today’s Times.
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On this day in 1951, John Steinbeck was me.
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From Albert Einstein to Maya Angelou, Virginia Woolf to Louis Theroux, get ready to discover the world’s most extraordinary diary entries. The Diaries of Note: 366 Lives, One Day at a Time, coming this October from @ShaunUsher ✍️ @diariesofnote linktr.ee/DiariesofNote
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On this day in 1968, Ursula Le Guin was rejected. The Left Hand of Darkness was published the following year, won both the Nebula and the Hugo (making her the first woman to receive the latter), and went on to become a landmark of science fiction.
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A letter of advice from F. Scott Fitzgerald to his 11-year-old daughter: news.lettersofnote.com/p/don…
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Magnificent letterhead once used by Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman.
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