“the victorians saw the post office as a highly reliable local institution”

LETTERS

Even I, with my exotic lifestyle and winning social manners, do not expect to bump into an MP just wandering around the streets of London. It’s taken four decades or so for us to be sitting in the rig

sfhwebb.substack.com The British “aren’t as proud as they used to be in the quality of their government”, says Stephen Webb. But most still feel that the lack of corruption is “something worth celebra

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Kathryn Ferry delves into 20th-century holiday habits with the help of her postcard collection

Ironmongers’ Hall, London EC2 The home of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers