In 1952, Nancy Mitford wrote to friend and fellow novelist Evelyn Waugh and asked, “What do you do with all the people who want interviews, with fan letters & with fans in the flesh? Just a barrage of nos?”

To read Waugh’s characteristically caustic reply, Tobias Menzies joined us at the tenth anniversary Letters Live show at London's Royal Albert Hall, in November 2023.

Evelyn Waugh to Nancy Mitford, 27th July 1952, Copyright © 1952, Evelyn Waugh, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.