Where there is quill, there is a way

Old ways die hard, and some are finding that this is the kind of thing it may be worth writing home about

You may have thought that in a world of tweets and emoticons, where slipshod and snappy trumps elegant and erudite, handwritten letters would have had their day.

But don't throw away that fountain pen, inkwell and blotting paper just yet. And keep hold of those postage stamps, too.