Helen Cullen makes the case for the art of letter writing. From: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00088jb

Watch Cara Dillon and her band perfomring The Raggle Taggle Gypsy in a beautiful Romany Caravan at this year’s Purbeck… Read more Cara Dillon and her band performing The Raggle Taggle Gypsy | Folk Radio (via Folk Radio UK – Folk Music Magazine)

The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society gets a fab mention in this great review of Purbeck Valley Folk Festival. From: http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/09/festival-review-purbeck-valley-folk-festival-2018/

A lovely write-up by Kelly Mullins at Just About Dorset magazine about The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society.  See pages 18-19.… Read more Just About Dorset July/August 2018 (via calameo.com)

The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society was created by Dinah Johnson, not to enforce any backwards motion with regard to technology,… Read more The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society (via Mature Times)

When Kiran Sidhu rediscovered letters her aunt had written 20 years ago, she could picture her and hear her voice.… Read more “Handwritten letters belong to you like your DNA” (via the Guardian)

A new survey shows that people aged 25 to 34 hardly ever use a pen and prefer emojis to words.… Read more The tragic death of the handwritten message (via the Guardian)

Thomas Hardy was a prolific writer of letters. By the 1920s the Royal Mail had installed a post box in… Read more The many-sided Thomas Hardy (via TheTLS)

These pigeon couriers are members of the last avian postal service in the world – and could give Royal Mail… Read more Pigeon post: Meet the last delivery birds in the world… who could teach Royal Mail a thing or two (via Mail Online)

EXCLUSIVE: Author and self-confessed romantic Simon Garfield is keen to bring the practice of old-fashioned handwritten love letters back, and… Read more Forget heart emojis! Author reveals how to write perfect love letter (via Mail Online)