{"id":123565,"date":"2021-12-02T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/christina-rossetti-deserves-to-be-no-1-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T02:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:05:10","slug":"christina-rossetti-deserves-to-be-no-1-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/christina-rossetti-deserves-to-be-no-1-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Rossetti deserves to be No 1 | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nChristmas carols | Delivery apps v the milkman | The joy of kissing | Garden wordsearchDescribing the Church of England\u2019s Christmas single, In the Bleak Midwinter (Christmas No 1: LadBaby and Adele face competition from the church, 30 November), you mention the composer, Rebecca Dale, but give no credit to the poet, Christina Rossetti. She is one of the great English poets of the 19th century. For me she remains top of the pops.Mich\u00e8le RobertsLondon\u2022 Sunday lunch is over. Various topics are discussed, including the digital revolution. Our 30-year-old son pulls his smartphone. \u201cCool new app, folks\u2026 Now I can get oat milk and other stuff delivered every morning before 7am. By hand. To my flat. By a real person in a van.\u201d Granny looks up: \u201cYes, darling. We used to call it \u2018the milkman\u2019.\u201dNeil CanettiEtchingham, East Sussex Continue reading…
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