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Mon Sep 8, 2025, 03:39 PM Sep 8

Benedict Cumberbatch reads a hilarious letter of apology to a hotel - Letters Live

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Benedict Cumberbatch reads a hilarious letter of apology to a hotel

Letters Live
2023 Jan 21

In March of 2018, 18 years after being banned from the Empress Hotel in British Columbia, Novia Scotia resident Nick Burchill wrote them a letter and asked for forgiveness. Three days later, by which point his letter had been reprinted online and read by millions, the ban was lifted.

Benedict Cumberbatch performed this letter at Letters Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London in October 2022.

Letter © Nick Burchill

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Benedict Cumberbatch reads a hilarious letter of apology to a hotel - Letters Live (Original Post) sl8 Sep 8 OP
I love these Picaro Sep 8 #1
Heard that on the radio... Drum Sep 8 #2
I have listened to many of these Letters Live. SamKnause Sep 8 #3
I just laughed and laughed and laughed. Mercy! Hekate Sep 8 #4

SamKnause

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3. I have listened to many of these Letters Live.
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:53 PM
Sep 8

I really like them.

They are really entertaining.

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