Download I hope this email finds you well...
Mary Beard ponders why email is governed by so few rules and conventions.
"Fifty years ago, when I was at high school", Mary writes, "we spent many hours learning how to write a letter".
She wonders why no one today seems to be teaching the art of writing a persuasive email.
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
Published on Friday, 20th October 2017.
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