thoughtfully crafted letters can provide crucial emotional support and help preserve relationships during separation.

It’s not very often people write letters now! Maybe to Santa at Christmas but that’s about it! Nowadays you can WhatsApp your friends or tweet a celeb and they’ll probably see it pretty quickly. But ...

And, it feels a little more special when you use pretty letter-writing paper. You can can even make coordinating envelopes.

Riona Nolan, a 17-year-old student from County Carlow, used the opportunity to cut back on social media and instead put pen to paper ... envelopes. Emerson encourages everyone to write a letter ...