Why does no one send postcards any more?
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Heading back to my old hometown for a day trip last week, I was armed with two books of first-class stamps because I knew I’d want to send a few postcards to friends. To keep up to speed with all the latest opinions and comment, sign up to our free weekly Voices Dispatches newsletter by clicking here As an avid letter writer, I am a big lover of putting pen to paper and often do just this when writing a letter to my pen pal Hannah, who lives in Maine in the US. Well, I guess I know the answer to that question deep down, because as I type this, I’m faced with the shallow pile of postcards I bought the other day on my seaside day trip, currently unwritten and looking out of place on my coffee table.
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