Letters Live
The latest news on the annual Letters Live event.
The lost art of letter writing – and why it still matters
It’s the 10th anniversary of Letters Live, where stars read funny, moving and sometimes surprising letters of note on stage. Miranda Sawyer reports from the green room
Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years
Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town
Gillian Anderson on stage – in pictures
Before rising to fame as X-Files agent Scully, the star began her professional theatre career in the early 90s. She went on to win rave reviews as Blanche Dubois and in All About Eve
Benedict Cumberbatch on the explosive power of letters: 'They're grenades!'
Noel Fielding, Thom Yorke and Cumberbatch tell us why they love Letters Live, the performances of correspondence where anything can happen
Letters from the Inside review – words to set you free
In the latest instalment of the Letters Live series, readers including Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman and Russell Brand shared moving missives
'Try and be a Dinketysnipsy girl': Ian McKellen reads two letters by Roald Dahl – video
In 1967, a girl named Elizabeth wrote to her favourite author, Roald Dahl, to tell him she was having trouble settling at her new school. Dahl, who would have been 100 this year, replied, sparking a correspondence between the two. Here, Ian McKellen reads Dahl’s letters
Oscar Isaac surprises audience at Letters Live event in London
Jamie Byng: ‘Listening to letters being read out is quite something’
Russell Brand, Benedict Cumberbatch and Gillian Anderson return to Letters Live
'Grow up as good revolutionaries': Russell Brand reads Che Guevara letter - video
