In an age of instant replies and digital noise, it’s easy to forget that just a generation ago, communication came folded in an envelope — not fired off by a burst of thumbs.

My millennial son is now a full member of The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society (HLAS), headquartered in Swanage, Dorset, England. His membership number is 0117. How and why he joined are ...

In this age of instant messaging, voice notes, and endless scrolling, the once-intimate act of letter writing has all but disappeared. Once the backbone of human connection - used for love, loss, ...

The art of letter writing is not dead. Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the pandemic. Longing for human connection, she asked her followers on social media ...

After 43 years of exchanging letters, two penpals, one from Newfoundland and one from Singapore, met in person for the first time this week. For decades they’ve been “sharing our best times and our ...

The history of Letters to the Editor at The Globe and Mail would not be complete without a closer look at the readers-turned-writers who make it possible to take the pulse of Canada day in and day out ...