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A letter to ...

The A letter to... series ran from 2006 to 2021, featuring more than 600 letters that Guardian readers had always wanted to write to key people in their lives.
The series has now ended

21 September 2019

  • letterSTEPDAD

    A letter to… my stepdad, who stepped up

    ‘You did something you probably don’t remember, but to me was so kind and so big, I’ll never forget’: the letter you always wanted to write

14 September 2019

  • Illustration of a woman

    A letter to… my friends with children

    ‘I do understand that your life has changed. But what about me? What about our friendship?’: the letter you always wanted to write

31 August 2019

  • Composite of man's head and baby's head, by Sarah Habershon/Getty. Posed by models

    A letter to… the neighbours who complain about our baby

    ‘We can’t turn his volume down. We can’t reason with him. He’s a baby’: the letter you always wanted to write

24 August 2019

  • Illustration of couple

    A letter to... a holiday romance that changed my life

    ‘You imprinted on my soul. You changed me for ever’: the letter you always wanted to write

17 August 2019

  • Woman standing in front of map

    A letter to… my father, whose activism inspired my own

    ‘You weren’t always the greatest dad, but you were a first-class human being’: the letter you always wanted to write

10 August 2019

  • volvo illustration

    A letter to my dad’s old Volvo

    You were a television star – driven by Roger Moore in The Saint. You were a beauty

3 August 2019

  • A letter to my hypocritical father graphic

    A letter to… my hypocritical father

    ‘We were never allowed our own meals or new toys – these would spoil us, you said’: the letter you always wanted to write

20 July 2019

  • Image of a target on an eye

    A letter to… the woman who shot my dad

    ‘I want you to know that some good has come out of the darkness’: the letter you always wanted to write

13 July 2019

  • Image posed by models of a boy and woman baby sitter

    A letter to… a very special au pair

    ‘Dark brown eyes and brown-black hair… you stole a little nine-year-old boy’s heart’: the letter you always wanted to write

22 June 2019

  • Image posed by models of two women

    A letter to… my ex’s partner, who understands

    ‘I’m sorry the payment has fallen on you. Thank you for giving your stepson what you can afford’: the letter you always wanted to write

15 June 2019

  • Image of older man hugging a woman, posed by models

    A letter to… my dad, as he settles into a care home

    ‘When you confessed you were barricading yourself in your bedroom at night, we knew you couldn’t go on living alone’: the letter you always wanted to write

8 June 2019

  • A letter to illustration of two adults and a child

    A letter to … my brother, who stopped talking to me when I adopted a child

    ‘You froze me out. Even when I stood in front of you at a party, you stared ahead as if I wasn’t there’

25 May 2019

  • Photo montage of two young girls holding hands

    A letter to … the childhood friend I fell in love with

    ‘Deciding to break ties with you was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done’: the letter you always wanted to write

18 May 2019

  • Child with a man telling her to be quiet

    A letter to the man who shushed my daughter

    ‘You don’t realise the courage it took to approach your table’: the letter you always wanted to write

11 May 2019

  • Photograph of boy

    A letter to… the child for whom I was once an au pair

    ‘I only wanted to see you out of curiosity, not because I missed you’: the letter you always wanted to write

4 May 2019

  • Baby and mother

    A letter to… my son, who is not my son

    ‘People said I was wonderful, caring for a child that was not mine. But you were mine’: the letter you always wanted to write

3 May 2019

  • Brother and sister image, posed by models

    A letter to… my lifelong sidekick

    ‘My heart swells with pride when I see the person you have grown into’: the letter you always wanted to write

27 April 2019

  • Woman looking out at destruction in Guernica

    A letter to my grandmother, who watched fiery terror destroy Guernica

    ‘You told me how you saw waves of planes arriving, heard the crump of bombs and the terrible noise’: the letter you always wanted to write

20 April 2019

  • Mother and baby. Posed by models

    A letter to... new mothers, from a health visitor

    I want to tell that you didn’t need to put on makeup, you didn’t even need to get dressed – certainly not on my account

13 April 2019

  • Illustration: Sarah Habershon/Getty

    A letter to... the new mothers at the register office, 33 years ago

    ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t speak. I didn’t want to tell you what had happened to my baby’: the letter you always wanted to write
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