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    Nov 26, 2021 2 minutes

    STAR LETTER

    Michael King wins this month’s star letter prize. He will receive two new Saunders Waterford Rough pads, courtesy of St Cuthberts Mill, worth over £64. The prize will be despatched by St Cuthberts Mill. We will share the winner’s name and address with them for this purpose only. www.stcuthbertsmill.com

    Help with coloured pencils

    Peter Kimberley (Letters, for some time. It was an article describing a project of how to depict a blue tit (Chloe O’Neil, April 2020) that gave me the impetus to have a go so I bought some pencils and departed on holiday. I was so enthused by the outcome that I decided to read up on techniques.

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