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When was the last time you wrote a personalised letter? Chose just the right thickness of card, the smoothest writing pen, the best colour ink? The bestselling author of Letters of Note gets to the heart of the dying art of letter-writing. Drawing on ancient history and Victorian how-to guides, Shaun Usher reminds us of the significance of letters. By selecting some of the most fascinating and moving correspondence of all time, he shows how revealing a letter can be as part of a person''s character. And why it''s so important we keep writing. See more