Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Monday, November 03, 2025

"Wouldn't it be wonderful if all our letters could be published in the future in a more enlightened time," Gordon Bowsher wrote during the harrowing days of World War II. "Then all the world could see how in love we are."

More

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

More from the article ...

... Many are now getting the opportunity to witness their incredible love story, more than 80 years after Bowsher wrote to Gilbert Bradley, the man he loved.

The two were separated in 1939, when Bradley was drafted into the British Army.

Throughout World War II, they wrote each other love letters, which have now been captured in Andrew Vallentine's short film "The Letter Men," starring Garrett Clayton as Bradley and Matthew Postlethwaite as Bowsher.

The film premiered June 10 at Tribeca Film Festival and is showing throughout the week.

Vallentine had the idea for his film after learning of the couple's letters in 2017. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-03 08:09 PM | Reply

Oh well, I guess that Liberals were grooming children to be gay, even back before WWII?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-03 08:11 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort