Lost in the post

• In 1976 Tizi Hodson applied for her dream job as a motorcycle stunt rider, but never got a reply. “Every day I looked for my post, but there was nothing there and I was so disappointed because I rea

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

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When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

Our pick of your best letters and some wise words from our favourite stars…

Back in May, I was reading the May 3 edition and noticed the item about Gary Barlow being on tour on the “This Week We’re Loving” page. I looked up the venues and discovered he was going to play the E