Letters
Why do letters have such power to move us? We explore three stories of love from the vanishing art of hand-written correspondence.
The disappearing world of the handwritten letter – a letter of advice on love from a father to a son, letters to a man who spent decades on death row in America, and letters between lovers. How will we understand our family history now that there is no box of fading letters in the attic? How will we remember old loves and times gone by?
(Photo: ‘The Letters’ (detail) by Simone Sandelson used with her permission. Credit: Mike Williams)
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- Sat 22 Nov 2014 14:32GMT³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service Online
- Sat 22 Nov 2014 23:32GMT³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service Online
- Sun 23 Nov 2014 05:32GMT³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service Online
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