"You really touched a nerve with me, John, but in a good way," writes Elisabeth. "Born just 15 years after the end of World War II, my grandfather had fought on the Somme. Born long before photocopiers, let alone, personal computers and mobile phones, I share many of your memories. I remember vividly sitting in front of my parents' television, enthralled, watching Gough being elected. My mum demanded I go to bed. My dad said let her stay up, this is history happening before us. It was John Lennon wasn't it, who said life is what happens while you are...