Letters unopened
We use the term ‘back of the envelope’ to capture the notion of jotting down an idea or plan on...
A packet of air mail envelopes
You may not have noticed, but air mail envelopes and the corresponding lightweight letter paper are dying out. I am...
Pebble pusher
Keats, known as a poet, was also one of history’s great letter writers.  He loved life and seized it even...
For love of a letter
A letter carried, quite literally, close to the heart, despite the torment its presence provokes. Vasily Grossman's mother died in...
This is the world
Keats was one of the most life-loving people you could hope to meet, grasping with all his force every chance...
Letters burned (I)
It always saddens me to learn of letters burned or destroyed; including those we will never see because Jane Austen's...
In my pocket, in my heart
From time to time I receive a long and handwritten letter from one of my brothers and I am long...
With love
Enjoy 'With Love', an online exhibition of love letters created by the UK's National Archives. It's a...
Letters and the lapse of time
A moving comment on the effects of time and separation, and the hiatus of news caused by war. Firstly, the...
Keats’ correspondence
Here are Keats' own aspirations for his letter-writing. Whether he found interesting matter or just made matter interesting, his letters...
No post and plenty of censorship
We don't know how lucky we are, having access to many forms of communication, electronic or postal, and being free...
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