August 10, 2006
Say it with a letter, women urge lovers
Men are being urged to cast aside their mobile phones and revive the dying art of writing love letters as part of a UK government campaign backed by the romantic novelist Jilly Cooper, reports The Guardian.
A new survey reveals that of the 2,000 women in the UK surveyed, 77% wanted to receive a handwritten love letter rather than a love text or email. One in five (19%) women say they have never received a love letter from a loved one or an admirer. And almost half (44%) of those surveyed said it had been more than a decade since they last received one.
The Get On campaign offers free courses to help adults brush up on their reading and writing skills. It is part of the government's Skills for Life strategy, which aims to help 2.25 million learners gain a qualification by 2010.
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