Happy Birthday, Rachael!
Happy 29th Birthday to the lovely Rachael for today! Thank you so much from all of us for answering our letters, and we hope you had an absolutely wonderful day. 
30 May 2006
6 May 2006
Letter from Rachael Stirling
Over a period of several months, the members of our message board compiled a letter and a set of questions to send to Rachael. When it was ready the organiser of the letter, board member Lucy, emailed us to ask if we could send it off, as we live in the UK. We were happy to oblige and I took the opportunity to write an additional letter explaining that we run a site dedicated to her and her work. (We were unaware of Rachael having any knowledge whatsoever of the site.)
On 6th May 2006, just a week or so after having posted the letter to Rachael, we received a reply from her in the form of a seven-page, hand-written letter, answering all of the questions the board members had asked her in their letter, and also praising the site in response to my letter. It was definitely a shock to the system to everyone receive such a speedy, personal, and lengthy reply from Rachael herself! It was also a relief to us, as creators of the site, to discover that she has been aware of it for some time and appreciates it a great deal. We had worried that she wasn't keen on the idea of a website about her, so the knowledge that she likes it is very reassuring.
We have scanned all seven pages of the letter, which you can view on the site now, and also added some photos of it. In addition to this, we have transcribed the letter so that it's easier to read, and also so that people can see the questions that relate to each of Rachael's answers!
Look forward to the US release of both films.
