Dear Marina Bohlmann-Modersohn, Like many people before me, I came across your biography of Clara Rilke-Westhoff after viewing the biographical filming of the life of Paula Modersohn-Becker, my personal interest further inspired by a fascination with the life and times of women of letters, women involved in art and culture through history. The film Paula…

Dear Sir, It was a pleasure to finally be able to drive my car again, after its long sojourn in your workshops and the completion of the necessary repairs. To all intents and purposes I should be, and am, pleased with the results, but do have one of two qualms about praising the work carried…

Dear Professor Feeney, Having just finished reading Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature I am left with one or two questions, one of which I sincerely hope you will indulge. The premise you set out is that the Latin-speaking authorities, and many of the citizens, were unable or unwilling to learn the languages of…

Dear Sirs, This morning I had the pleasure of enhancing my collection of classic Latin texts in the Loeb Classical Library series with the receipt of Pliny’s Letters, edited by Betty Radice, and published by Harvard University Press in 1969. Unfortunately the first few glances into my newest acquisition left me slightly confused and, upon…

I had the great pleasure, this morning, of visiting your museum and was duly impressed by the layout, by the wonderful ambient of a large room hidden under street level, by the lighting and calm of the whole. I spent well over an hour delving in the history of Wiesbaden, admiring not only the manner…

Dear Sirs, Yesterday I had the great pleasure of visiting your exhibition: Annelise Kretschmer – Fotographien 1922-1975. I found the works displayed inspiring and the general layout of the whole exhibition to be a very commendable tribute to her career. I was, however, surprised by a claim made in the accompanying catalogue and brochures that…

Dear Theresa May, Today I watched the petition against a state visit by Donald Trump to the United Kingdom pass the one million signature mark. As a British citizen and veteran, I signed this petition in the belief that you, as the elected leader of the government, would honour it. In a statement from your…

Dear Donald Trump, Yesterday, 27 January 2017, you signed an Executive Order entitled Protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States. In Section One of this Executive Order it is noted: The visa-issuance process plays a crucial role in detecting individuals with terrorist ties and stopping them from entering the United States….

Dear Yvette Cooper, On Wednesday, 25 January 2017 you chaired the House of Commons House Affairs Committee’s continuing investigation into the implications of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, with four members of the transport and logistics industry giving oral evidence. The evidence given covered import and export, customs and excise, working conditions,…

Dear Mr Erdogan, The German satirical television programme Extra Drei was, until recently, only known to a select few who, avoiding those channels filled with advertising and inane Reality Shows, cared about what they watched and enjoyed the wry humour it offers. With your demand for the German ambassador to present himself and explain their…