On this, the Guardian’s 200th birthday, I have decided to forgive the 1959 dropping of Manchester from your title. Audrey ButlerCheadle, CheshireI have read the Guardian for 70 of the 200 years. I started as a subscriber aged 14, and it used to be posted to me in Middlesex from Manchester, arriving a day late. I was shouted at, bullied, had suggestions ignored, and at no point was anything I did acknowledged by the council. The final straw was being told, in a discussion about Companies House: “Shut up, you know nothing about this,” when my past included CEO posts.

Source: The Guardian May 05, 2021 16:12 UTC