In another surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers toThe Daily Telegraphhave once again provided their refreshing and witty take on events.

Now in its sixteenth year, this new edition of thebest-selling seriesis a review of the year made up of the wry and astute observations of the unpublishedTelegraphletter writers.

Readers of theTelegraphLetters Page will be fondly aware of the eclectic combination of learned wisdom, wistful nostalgia and robust good sense of humour that characterise its correspondence and this volume contains yet more pearls of insight.

With an agenda as enticing as ever, the sixteenth book in the bestselling Unpublished Letters series will prove, once again, that theTelegraphsreaders still have a shrewd sense of what really matters.