‘Letters to Michael’ - A Moving Testament to Creativity & Love

Most of the time when we encounter a work of art it is because the artist sought an audience. Painters hang their paintings in galleries, musicians play gigs and make records, and writers write to be published. So it’s rare to encounter an exceptional creative endeavour whose intended audience was just a single person. But that’s how it is with ‘Letters to Michael’ by Charles Phillipson, published by Slightly Foxed.

Charles Phillipson’s letters to his son Michael, written almost daily from February 1945 to October 1947…