This week, Dinah Birch finds solace in letters and diaries from the past, whether they be joyous, heartbreaking or down-to-earth; John Talbot reads us his poem of a very specific corner of London.

 A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year, edited by Liz Ison  

The Writer’s Room: The hidden worlds that shape the books we love by Katie da Cunha Lewin  

Diaries of Note: 366 lives, one day at a time, edited by Shaun Usher  

St Petersburgh Mews, W2, a poem by John Talbot  

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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