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#ReadALetter In March 2020, the world’s population went into lockdown. Hundreds of millions of people in isolation.

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Welcome to Letters Live A celebration of the enduring power of literary correspondence. We organise live events where remarkable letters are read by a diverse array of outstanding performers.

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Adam Kay is the best-selling author of This Is Going to Hurt – a memoir of his time as a junior doctor – as well as an award-winning comedian and performer. He first read at Letters Live in 2020, at our Union Chapel show.

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Adrian Edmondson is a comedian and actor, best known for his work in The Young Ones and in slapstick masterpiece Bottom. At Letters Live he's read letters by – among others – Salvador Dali and (Edmondson’s friend and collaborator) Rik Mayall.

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Adwoa Aboah is one of the most photographed women in the world. As a model she has appeared on the cover of US, Spanish, German, Italian, Mexican and British Vogues. She is also an activist, campaigning on issues including mental health.

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Aisha Tyler is an actress, comedian and talk show host, known for Archer, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Talk and much more. Her first appearance in a Letters Live show was in 2018, reading a letter from Maya Angelou to herself.

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Aisling Bea is a BAFTA-winning actor, writer and stand-up. She first appeared at Letters Live in 2020, reading letters by Penelope Fitzgerald and Jessica Mitford.

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In 2017, comedian Al Murray (not his alter ego, the Pub Landlord) appeared at Letters Live, and read letters by Evelyn Waugh and from perhaps the world’s grumpiest boss, ‘Tiger Mike’ Davis.

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Alan Carr is a comedian, television personality, radio presenter, and writer. He has won two British Comedy Awards, two National Television Awards and a BAFTA. He first read at Letters Live at our Union Chapel event in 2017.

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Alan Rusbridger was Editor-in-Chief of the Guardian from 1995–2015, taking the newspaper through one of the most dramatic periods in its 200-year history, from the move online to Wikileaks and the Snowden revelations.