On writing letters
The wryness of Kenneth Grahame’s Dream Days is captured here in describing the cultural activity of choice for his younger...
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...
Letters unopened
We use the term ‘back of the envelope’ to capture the notion of jotting down an idea or plan on...
With love
Enjoy 'With Love', an online exhibition of love letters created by the UK's National Archives. It's a...
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...
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...
Letters kept, letters destroyed
Given the fragility of letters, it’s astounding how many have survived centuries and even millennia. Added to which it seems...
The taste of brass
You can feel it can't you - that cold-surface metallic sensation in your mouth?
John Keats fell in love and...
Letters tolerably long
Gaskell has many Jane Austen touches in cheerily summing up lightweight characters. But inconsequent as the letter and the writer...
In mourning
In the 19th century, it was customary to use black-bordered paper and envelopes to inform someone of a death. Here...
Postcards from the future
Enjoy this charming project which invited children aged 5-12 to design and write postcards from the future,...
The innovation of envelopes
They’re so ubiquitous that it’s a surprise to learn envelopes were a mid-nineteenth century invention. Somewhere in Gaskell I remember...
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