The Daily Telegraph

Properly briefed for writing a birthday card

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sir – I went to a well-known department store the other day to purchase a birthday card for my daughter-in-law.

Written on the (unnecessar­y) plastic packaging was: “Warning. If writing with a fountain pen please leave time for the ink to dry.”

Carole Smith

Glasgow

 ??  ?? A detail from Raphael’s fresco, The School of Athens (1509-11), in the Vatican Museum
A detail from Raphael’s fresco, The School of Athens (1509-11), in the Vatican Museum

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