I hope this email finds you well... - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

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.

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