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Readers of the 'brilliant Telegraph Letters page', as Ian Hislop recently lauded it, will be fondly aware of the eclectic combination of learned wisdom, wistful nostalgia and robust good sense that characterise its correspondence. But what of the 95 per cent of the paper's huge postbag which never sees the light of day? Some of the best letters inevitably arrive too late for the 24/7 news cycle, or don't quite fit with the rest of the day's selection. Others are just a little too whimsical, or indeed too risque, to publish in a serious newspaper. And more than a few are completely and utterly (and wonderfully) mad, such as the missives you'll find within these pages from someone who signs himself merely as "M", and believes himself to be the head of MI6. Now, the Telegraph gives the authors of these unpublished letters the stage at last. Baffled, furious, defiant, mischievous, they inveigh and speculate on every subject under the sun, from the rubbish on television these days to the venality of our MPs, from Kate Winslet's decolletage to this country's unhealthy obsession with marmalade. All those Telegraph readers who wondered if anyone else had noticed that the lunatics had finally taken over the asylum and sat down to write to their favourite newspaper to test the waters - they need howl into the void no longer. They are not alone. Readers Of The Daily Telegraph Will Be Fondly Aware Of The Combination Of Wistful Nostalgia, Robust No-nonsense Good Sense And Appalled Outrage That Characterises Its Letters Page, Which If It Did Not Exist Would Have To Be Invented To Publish The Choleric Missives Of All The Disgusteds Of Tunbridge Wells (air Commodore, Retd.). But What Of All The Letters That Were Just Slightly Too Extreme, Too Off The Wall, Too Politically Incorrect, Or Just Too Barking Mad, To Make It For Publication? Now The Telegraph Gives Their Authors The Stage At Last: Baffled, Furious, Frankly Paranoid, And From This Hilarious Selection Of The Best We Can See That Every One Of Them Is Indeed Very Much Alone In What They're Thinking... Edited By Iain Hollingshead. Readers of the Daily Telegraph will be fondly aware of the combination of wistful nostalgia, robust no-nonsense good sense and appalled outrage that characterises its 'brilliant' (Ian Hislop) Letters page, which if it did not exist would have to be invented. But what of all the letters that were just slightly too wacky, too off the wall, too politically incorrect to make it for publication? Now the Telegraph gives their authors the stage at last: baffled, furious, occasionally paranoid, and from this hilarious selection of the best we can see that no, none them is alone .. Readers of the Daily Telegraph will be fondly aware of the combination of wistful nostalgia and no-nonsense good sense that characterises its Letters page. This gem of an anthology showcases the letters that went unpublished: whether they're slightly odd, politically incorrect or just plain surreal, these missives are always entertaining Every year, the collection of the best letters that didn't quite make it into the Telegraph - because just too left-field, outrageous or hilarious for an august Letters page - offers an alternative review of the year.