Those who write letters and send them by post are a dying breed. I was fortunate to have served as a newspaper columnist and received a great many. Often eloquent, sometimes humorous, their breadth and depth of experience was wonderful.
With the exception of letters that were racist or completely mad, I tried to answer every one of them.

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