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The Times Sir: The Year in Letters (2025)

by Andrew Riley

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A year of wit from The Times letters page

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A year of wit from The Times letters page

Andrew Riley’s collection brings together more than 400 letters published in The Times, gathering the paper’s correspondence into a year-end selection of whimsical observations and topical humor. References range from “tinned prime ministers” to hiccup remedies, alongside original cartoons by Royston Robertson. The format offers a snapshot of the subjects and inside jokes that caught contributors’ attention over the year, with humor rooted in the newspaper’s letters-page tradition.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children and families looking for a humor collection to browse together
  • Readers who enjoy topical jokes and newspaper correspondence
  • Fans of cartoons alongside short pieces of comic writing

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Topical humorNewspaper correspondenceWhimsyCartoons

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Book overview

The perfect gift for anyone with a shrewd sense of humor.

Decidedly absurd, and always entertaining, revel in the very best letters to The Times.

From tinned prime ministers to hiccup remedies, this collection lets you in on more than a few inside jokes from one of Britain's longest-running correspondences.

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. Now back for the second year in a row, Sir: The year in letters is a selection of the best of these letters, an elegant and erudite display of Times readers at their most whimsical and droll.

The perfect gift for anyone with a shrewd sense of humor, this book features:

  • An absurdly entertaining round up of the year's happenings
  • More than 400 letters featured in The Times, curated by Letters editor Andrew Riley
  • Original cartoons by Royston Robertson
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