We are slaves to the printed word, but only handwriting conveys real beauty | Simon Jenkins

The curriculum downgrades cursive writing. But the pen can communicate meaning lost on a screen

When did you last write a letter, that is really “write” one? I still struggle to handcraft thank-yous and letters of congratulation or commiseration. I take reporting notes and scrawl messages, but often cannot decipher the result. My speed-writing has long gone and I cannot imagine my fingers surviving a student essay. A page of sustained writing is a calligraphic car crash.

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