Start the Week - Diana Athill and Philip Hensher on the dying art of handwriting

Diana Athill and Philip Hensher on the dying art of handwriting

Download Diana Athill and Philip Hensher on the dying art of handwriting

On Start the Week Andrew Marr discusses the dying art of handwriting with the novelist Philip Hensher. As the typewriter has taken over from the pen, so email is killing off letter-writing, and Diana Athill celebrates the art of correspondence. But the poet Wendy Cope, who has just left thousands of emails to the British Library, welcomes the advent of digital communication, and the philosopher Nigel Warburton tweets, blogs and podcasts. Producer: Katy Hickman.


Published on Monday, 8th October 2012.

Available Podcasts from Start the Week

Subscribe to Start the Week

We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the Start the Week webpage.