Dear Iain,
Thank you for your letter asking if I mind you potentially including one of my letters in Must I repeat Myself…? Of course I give my excited, happy permission for you to do so. My Christmas-gifting friend will also be thrilled.
I know you said replies were only necessary in the negative, but golly me, how uncouth.
Every best wish,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Dear Mr Hollingshead,
I am delighted to learn that I am to have a letter in your new publication Must I Repeat Myself…? You have very kindly published some of my letters in your main paper (43 at the last count) but I have never had one in your Am I Alone in Thinking…? series.
I shall ask for it for Christmas.
Best wishes,
Seaford, East Sussex
Iain,
Thanks for your letter. Most of my letters to the Telegraph have been sensible. However, the odd one would even have been rejected by me.
I wouldn’t dream of preventing you from using any of them, but since you offer anonymity, I’d quite like to know which one you’ve chosen, just in case it sounds barking mad a few months later.
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Thank you for your letter about my letter. Please could you tell me which piece of spluttering outrage you might include? My book is about to be published and my lovely Guardian reading agent might disassociate himself with me.
I’ve read and enjoyed most of your series and given them as presents to other splutterers.
Best wishes,
Castle Cary, Somerset
Mr. Hollingshead,
As I received two letters, does that mean that two letters of mine will be published? Hopefully.
Loughborough, Leicestershire