The last post: Danes put pen to paper for UK artist as letter deliveries end

Some describe the joy of receiving dispatches from far afield, others speak of the discipline of sitting down to carefully order their thoughts in a letter.

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One writer tells of finding a poignant cache of letters after a parent's death, while another has shared a map of where the postboxes used to be in her town.

A British artist has collected some of the last missives sent through the 400-year-old Danish postal system, which delivered its final letters on 30 December.

PostNord has cited the "increasing digitalisation" of society and has said it will continue to deliver packages, but its decision to stop delivering letters has made headlines across the world.

Gillian Taylor, who specialises in paper art, asked people to post a letter from Denmark to a PO box in Exeter, Devon, just before the closure of the service, and in the next few months will put together a piece of art celebrating them.