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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

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

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

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

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

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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Al Murray

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

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

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.

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