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Last letter of Captain Scott finally revealed in full - 101 years on

29 Mar 2013

A letter written by the dying Captain Scott - one of only two remaining in private hands - can be revealed in full for the first time after being...

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Dickens letter

Ever your affectionate Father, Charles Dickens

07 Feb 2012

A letter written in 1868 by Charles Dickens, the bicentenary of whose birth falls today, to his son Henry, who had newly arrived at Cambridge...

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A letter written by Geoffrey Claye

"The food is splendid under the circumstances": letters from the First World War

06 Sep 2011

Correspondence from young men caught up in the ravages of the First World War will be on display to the public for the first time at Christ's College...

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