<> Letters to George and Mercy McCann MacNeice Estate 1962 Jan 29th Linen Hall Library Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF MacNeice035 Letter Faust, Brussels, Inland Revenue English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/macneice035 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/MacNeice035_1.jpg LHL Archive MacNeice035 The British Broadcasting Corporation Broadcasting House, London, W.1 Telegrams and cables: Broadcasts, Telex, London – International Telex: 22182 Telephone: Langham 4468 Jan 29th Dear George and Mercy, Please forgive me for not having written before to thank you for the nice Postal Order. Things have been a bit hectic: Mary's son (who has grown 8 inches in a year) suddenly got glandular fever and they're both still stuck down in the country with the grandparents who're not exactly fighting fit either. So I'm being a grass widower and Bimba, who'd hardly boiled an egg till the other day, is teaching herself a) basic shopping, b) basic cookery. I shall be going to the England-Ireland match at Twickenham, having got some ground tickets. But if you hear of any stand seats going, I'd jump at them. Not that I think Text