LETTERS LIVE is a series of live events celebrating the power of literary correspondence. Inspired by Shaun Usher's Letters of Note, Letters Live is an initiative by publishing company Canongate and Benedict Cumberbatch’s production company SunnyMarch. It has become a phenomenon wherever is has played in the UK.
The idea of LETTERS LIVE is simple: we ask talented, inspiring and high-profile artists from various disciplines to read letters out loud to our audiences. LETTERS LIVE celebrates letter writing and the art of correspondence first and foremost.
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Putting aside that it was read by my hero, I was really moved by Nick Cave's letter. I might wish his analogy had not used God, a concept in which neither I nor Stephen Fry believe, but the idea that AI may be used to replace human creativity is truly appalling. We blossom and grow through our effort, not by inactivity and once we allow our electronic tools to do everything for us, including our thinking, we might as well simply give up as a species and stop reproducing.
But do the exact same thing with Islam and get cancelled.....two tier hypocrisy
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beautiful boyy 😍 ❤
The utter bullshit verbiage. Typical insulting jargon.
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Haha!!
Well, this one was a dud.
Why the laughter? Such savagery and brutal times! the laughter would not have been present had the black man been the master and the whyte man the slave!
I wonder what book of hers is this
Is it possible Lazlo would have met the doctor. Hes from old England. XD
I'm gonna miss my vampires on tv. Why is it ending so soon....another movie next?
Thanks Phoebe. No memory of seeing this or commenting before. Anterograde Amnesia from concussion sustained under false arrest in Monterey County jail.
Have no memory of comment made two months ago
Lovely to see Fry back on stage. He used to suffer from intractable stage fright and would only do film.
Had to hit PAUSE at evidence bag cookie to say I haven't laughed so hard in years! The kind of laugh that makes your stomach hurt. Brilliant!
Stupid letter perpetuating a stupid stereotype. The recorder is (unfortunately) cheap but it is not a easy instrument to play, and to blame the instrument for the way it is abused in musical education is absurd. Yeah, I know letter is meant to be a joke, but it is one without subtlety, irony, or sympathy. Cheap and nasty humour for cheap laughs.
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When Ron Swanson gets to coach soccer...
This woman is wonderful
And now we all go an listen to Lucie Horsch, who really plays the recorder. And we learn: it's a beautiful Instrument, but far from easy to learn and play.
Just finished “Bedpan Commando”. What a read! I never realized what nurses went through during the war! She was one tough cookie and handled herself with dignity and class despite being disrespected, sexually harassed and taken for granted. She had a tough job to do and did it without wanting any fanfare. I salute all the brave nurses who took care of the wounded and sick soldiers plus civilians when needed. And to think about being a woman so far from home in war zones that were sometimes shelled and shot at by German planes. May such brave souls never be needed in that kind of setting again. War is the world going mad and needs to end. Hasn’t the human race had enough of it! Praying for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East! 🙏
I mean, at least it's not bagpipes.
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Yeah. Well. MY kid took up trombone. The cats, dogs AND myself were ALL traumatized.
Richard....😂
alternate title: douglas reynholm and the 12th doctor read a fiery letter exchange
There are music pieces written by serious composers for the recorder. Learning any musical instrument is not easy but it’s life enhancing.
Well she's a joy of a mother isn't she?
I was hoping for a Polish accent.
She does have a Polish accent.
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Did not enjoy this letter.
Children learning any instrument can be blamed for creating horrible noise. It’s not the instrument’s fault. This letter could have been about the banjo, harpsichord, accordion,drums. Or, about the violin,piano ,oboe. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X32pk9J6ZNaqksY.htmlsi=5MfHs1UMSKcxyCb3
. . .and it still would have been funny.
Sultan Mehmed IV's bragging, narcissism, and grandioisity reminds me of Donald Trump.
In January 2019 I was in the hospital recovering from hip replacement surgery when I had the honor and privilege of getting to see Olivia Coleman's now legendary Oscar acceptance speech. Because of the way she read a letter written by Elizabeth the Queen Mother during WW2, I have subscribed to this incredible channel.
A plastic recorder is an instrument of torture! Not a musical instrument; at least she hit the right note on this angry letter.
30 kids playing a 'Horse With No Name' still haunts me 30 plus years later
Cheap, yes. Easy, no. Easy to produce a sound, but not easy for small-ones' fingers to produce a good sound.
We had a red setter dog….every time my daughter played the recorder the dog would continually howl..we had a neighbour who would practice the bagpipes which made our dog howl even more…several times the neighbour would say “your dog is putting me of my bagpipe practice”…I ended up telling him that his bagpipes were putting “my daughter and the dog of practicing the recorder and howling”...then one night he started up his bagpipes and they sounded dreadful but only lasted a few minutes…two days later another neighbour told me that my bagpipe playing neighbour died suddenly while practicing his bagpipes..
Aaw, poor recorder 😢
Sums up the recorder to perfection. Read with passion and wit…double perfection!
MY God, I have two daughters and back in the day one played the clarinet and the other the bloody Glockenspiel. Clang ding bong went one and Weasel Weasel blahhh went the other.. I shall never forget the duet Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as long as I live..
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My mother gave my school recorder to my daughter decades after her torture. I was horrified ..... until we were told that we had to buy a kazoo for her. A freaking KAZOO!!!!! I didn't know hell could get any worse. She took it to grandma's house the following holidays 🤣🤣🤣
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Bwahaha karma
Outstanding and beautifully read.
This is impeccable ❤
Awe did his ancestors sell him to some white folks wonder what a letter from a slave owned by a black slave owner ?? Just saying
Laws are made by man, not God.
Willie Nelson should cover this song. He could with this song what Cash did with Hurt.
If I was up there reading this, I'd be in tears because it's so sad & this lady who wrote this letter is beyond right. Life is so damned unfair.
Never left a comment before, but this was the best letter and advice I have heard in a long time
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