This version was recorded in late 2020. It has a slightly better audio quality than the later version (   • [Love Letter] All This I Did Without ...  ) since it was recorded rather than filmed. I edited in some footage of the filmed version afterward.

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I first came across this letter when it was read by Tom Hiddleston in #LettersLive. Since then, I fell in love with it and have probably listened to the recording hundreds of times. One can never get tired of Hiddleston's voice. Plus, there is so much charm in this beautifully written letter. I still get goosebumps when I read or hear it.

Conservationist and author Gerald Durrell and Lee McGeorge first met in 1977; two years later they were married. By the time Durrell died in 1995 they had travelled the world together on numerous conservation expeditions and co-written two books: A Practical Guide for the Amateur Naturalist, and Durrell in Russia. In 1978, a year after they first met, Gerald Durrell wrote a love letter to his future wife.