IT was, I suppose, too much to hope that a parcel sent first class last Monday for a birthday on Wednesday would actually arrive on time. But no. The Royal Mail delivered…on the Friday. And this was to that far-off exotic destination of Hay-on-Wye. The idea of first-class post — which now costs nearly a pound for a letter, a hitherto unimaginable sum — is that the things we’re posting should arrive the next day, with some allowances for the Western Isles.
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