A record of experiences and growth
Recently I've become curious about how people view journals, what they use them for, and have been experimenting with writing...
A blank-book for thoughts
Having had several detailed discussions with my brother on what constitutes acceptable paper for note-books or letters, I felt sympathy...
Straight as an avenue of poplars
When was the last time you received - or wrote - an 18 page letter? Â I think I have managed...
The last and the first
Hand written cards and letters are part of an ancient but rapidly dying art, hardly helped by the high ratio...
Scribbles in the sand
In Couto's superb novel, a disturbed father tries to isolate his sons from life and learning by taking them to...
Write me some moon-letters
The love of letters, maps and handwriting all bundled into one exuberant quotation. Â I now need to figure out the...
The scrutiny that precedes reading
Yes, there is that small ceremony that precedes the reading of a letter, particularly a hand-written one delivered by post. ...
A beautiful flowing hand
The American chef Julia Child describes how her husband approached letter-writing in an age when trans-Atlantic telephone calls were prohibitively...
Handwriting as clothing II
Stansted Park is an elegant house set in 1,700 acres of park and woodland in the south of England....
Schoolboy sketches
Maurice Cramer was a Geneva schoolboy who joined his classmates in August 1870 for a school trip to discover Champéry. ...
Shaping words and forming letters
It’s unusual to read such a detailed comment on the act of writing by hand. But once you have the...
Roughing out poems
Hand-written notes and journals have a magic to them. Durrell is a favourite poet and his house in Greece was as...
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