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Unpublished Letters to The Daily Telegraph #8
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off...: Unpublished Letters to the Telegraph
Readers of the Daily Telegraph will be fondly aware of the combination of wistful nostalgia, robust no-nonsense good sense and appalled outrage that characterises its "brilliant" (Ian Hislop) Letters page, which if it did not exist would have to be invented. But what of all the letters that were just slightly too wacky, too off the wall, too politically incorrect, to make it for publication? Now the Telegraph gives their authors the stage at baffled, furious, occasionally paranoid, and from this hilarious selection of the best we can see that no, none them is alone...
- GenresHumor
192 pages, Hardcover
Published December 1, 2016
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About the author
Iain Hollingshead
21 books14 followersIain writes feature articles for a range of publications, The Daily Telegraph in particular. Until recently, he also wrote a regular column called Loose Ends in Saturday's Guardian. He has taken part in a number of radio shows, including BBC Radio 4's Today programme and You and Yours.
His father is a GP and his mother is a surgeon. He has one elder brother. He went to Eton from 1993-98. Iain graduated from Cambridge University in 2003 with a first class degree in History. He worked for a year in Westminster - at Vote 2004 and the private office of Michael Howard - before pursuing a full-time career as a journalist. Vote 2004 was described in the Sunday Telegraph as the "most successful political campaign of all time". Iain was runner-up in the Guardian Student Media Awards as Columnist of the Year. While at university he also founded and edited The Cambridge Slapper - a popular satirical magazine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Ho...
His father is a GP and his mother is a surgeon. He has one elder brother. He went to Eton from 1993-98. Iain graduated from Cambridge University in 2003 with a first class degree in History. He worked for a year in Westminster - at Vote 2004 and the private office of Michael Howard - before pursuing a full-time career as a journalist. Vote 2004 was described in the Sunday Telegraph as the "most successful political campaign of all time". Iain was runner-up in the Guardian Student Media Awards as Columnist of the Year. While at university he also founded and edited The Cambridge Slapper - a popular satirical magazine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Ho...
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December 13, 2018
Some really funny letters here, and some that make you despair of the human race. definitely a "read once and done" book, which I did at work today, then put it back on the shelf for someone else to have a chuckle over.
February 6, 2017
This book started super funny, it was great and I loved it. Then , it started to get more and more meh.
At the end I barely smiled and I started with huge laugh out loud (real-life too) laughs.
I don’t know if it’s me or the selection.
Either way, the kind of book you read once and then hope to find other use for it. I recommend it as a very thick coaster. However, you get that privilege when you read it.
At the end I barely smiled and I started with huge laugh out loud (real-life too) laughs.
I don’t know if it’s me or the selection.
Either way, the kind of book you read once and then hope to find other use for it. I recommend it as a very thick coaster. However, you get that privilege when you read it.
November 22, 2018
This is a collection of letters sent to the Telegraph by its readers during 2016 that cover pretty much everything from politics to the fact that they are getting published. These are a strange mix of frustrating, amusing, cringe-worthy and occasionally worrying letters that show the diverse range of readers the Telegraph has and that can be found in the UK, not to mention the range of people still willing to write to their newspaper rather than posting on some form of social media. I probably would've enjoyed these more if I didn't read them in huge chunks, I suspect they lose a little of their impact when read as a proper book.
December 15, 2018
On the positive side this is a very quick, light read, and gives a glimpse of what kind of messages a newspaper receives which is always fun to see for those of us curious ones.
On the negative side though it wasn't as entertaining as I thought it would be. Also there was too much Brexit. Of course I'm not surprised they would receive too many letters about Brexit or referring to Brexit. But for those who don't live in the UK/are not British/just already had enough of hearing about Brexit daily... that's too much Brexit.
On the negative side though it wasn't as entertaining as I thought it would be. Also there was too much Brexit. Of course I'm not surprised they would receive too many letters about Brexit or referring to Brexit. But for those who don't live in the UK/are not British/just already had enough of hearing about Brexit daily... that's too much Brexit.
February 4, 2018
An easy read of readers letters ranging from entertaining to just bizarre. Good for one read...
January 26, 2020
A present. Found it occasionally mildly amusing. Reminded me why I do not take a daily newspaper.
February 18, 2017
On the whole an amusing read as expected. Some letters are really funny, some not and some just plainly bizarre! Worth a read just for a chuckle as it's only a quick read. Brightened a couple of commutes up! Probably not likely to read again but would read others in the series.
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