Should we write more letters? Online chat is instantaneous, so we rarely think of sending a message by post. But some say we could be creating a meaningful and lasting record.
Writers lament the lost art of letter writing
Glossary
Babylonian - An ancient Akkadian-speaking state located in southern Mesopotamia. It was south of present-day Baghdad, Iraq.
Merchant - Somebody who buys and sells lots of goods.
Epistles - Letters. In the New Testament, some books are epistles from apostles.
Virginia Woolf - An English novelist (1882 - 1941) whose best-known books include Mrs Dalloway and To The Lighthouse.
Seneca - A Roman philosopher.
Opposition - Being against something.