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Lockdown letters | We’ve asked a bunch of brilliant people – a poet, a chef, an actor, a refugee, a musician, a barrister, a comedian – to write a letter and read it out. We didn’t specify what it should be about, but asked them to tell us one thing they’re thinking about in lockdown. They’re letters; you can read them. But, better still, you can listen to each person read them to you.

Rear window

Rear window

Bella Pollen’s father died just before the lockdown began. She has been grieving ever since – and watching others go about their lives


Read the full transcript of Bella’s letter here.


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