Decidedly absurd, and always entertaining, revel in the very best letters to The Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n From umbrella protocol at the Coronation to growing cress in lunar soil, this collection lets you in on more than a few inside jokes from one of Britain’s longest-running correspondences.<\/p>\n While the other pages of the newspaper chronicle the pressing issues of the day, the Letters page often muses on the things that really matter.Sir: The year in letters<\/em> is a selection of the best of these letters, an elegant and erudite display of Times<\/em> readers at their most whimsical and droll.<\/p>\n The perfect gift for anyone with a shrewd sense of humour, this book features: Decidedly absurd, and always entertaining, revel in the very best letters to The Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[283],"product_tag":[516,891,2626,250,413,768],"class_list":["post-100410","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-humour-gift","product_tag-diaries-letters-journals","product_tag-humour-collections-anthologies","product_tag-oral-history","product_tag-politics-government","product_tag-press-journalism","product_tag-yearbooks-annuals-almanacs","pa_book_author-newspapers-limited-times","pa_cover-hardback","pa_dewey-826-9208-edition23","pa_imprint-times-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8388","pa_publisher-times-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n
An absurdly entertaining round up of the year’s happenings
More than 400 letters featured in The Times<\/em>, curated by Letters editor Andrew Riley
Original cartoons by Royston Robertson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The perfect gift for anyone with a shrewd sense of humour.<\/h2>\n