newspaper will no longer sit underneath muddy boots, or lounge folded up on train station benches; it will no longer protect floors from paint drips, or be wrapped around precious objects to protect them; it will no longer be crumpled into a ball, to light a fire, or be thrown cheekily at an unsuspecting sibling. None of these uses of newspaper are essential in themselves, but taken as a whole they paint a picture of a very domestic, useful, and much loved material. A material that will be missed.
