Is that a bit pretentious? I don’t mean to be, I promise. I just think it describes what I’m trying… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 38: Want to join the revolution (with a small “r”)?

I don’t know where to start really. I can’t decide whether to write individual blogs of the latest news, or… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 37: Letters, Lego and Live Music

It’s official! The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society is going to the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival this summer! We have known… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 36: All Aboard The Writer’s Hut!

This sounds terrible but I wasn’t feeling hugely excited at the thought of seeing Dippy the Dinosaur at Dorset County… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 35: Dinosaur meets dinosaur…

I have always doubted those adult colouring-in books for providing relaxation but actually I may have to eat my words.… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 34: “Every artist was first an amateur.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Just up the shed on a Sunday evening with a gin and tonic pondering handwritten letter appreciation societies, the world… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 33: Time flies like an arrow (Fruit flies like a banana)…

Sorry it’s all been a bit quiet on here lately but 1) Storm Emma/Beast from the East! and 2) I’ve… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 32: Spring has (not) sprung!

Showing off, now that’s a Very British Problem isn’t it.  But really, look at all my post I’ve received since… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 31: The Letter ISN’T Dead! Long Live The Letter!

Having said this little project was more about letters than stamps, I may have told a fib.  Only because the… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 30: “Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.” (Josh Billings)

This letter was written by Hugh Charles Hood (Charlie), a member of the family, we think on 31st May 1942… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 29: In Memoriam