The joy of receiving post, be it a card or a ‘thank-you’ note, is at risk as technology displaces handwriting, says Sue Leonard

‘Handwriting’, says Philip Hensher, ‘is what registers our individuality and the mark which our culture has made on us.’ Mary Leland agrees

The Wind Through The Keyhole

Debut novelist Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction tonight for his work which shows “the dark side of India”.

DUBLINER Sebastian Barry has been made favourite to win after he made it on to a shortlist of “page turners” announced for this year’s Man Booker Prize for fiction.