Early Life
The son of Richard Letts by his wife Jocelyn Elizabeth (née Adami), he grew up in Cirencester and for a while attended Oakley Hall Preparatory School, run by his father. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, then at Bellarmine College, Kentucky (now Bellarmine University), before going to Trinity College, Dublin, where he edited a number of publications including the satirical Piranha, before graduating with an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. At Jesus College, Cambridge he gained a Diploma in Classical Archaeology.
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