Neil Barraclough

[Welcome to TypeTown, a fortnightly newsletter celebrating the typewriterā€™s place in history and modern culture. Click here to subscribe.] Welcome, friends to Sunday, fun day. Hereā€™s hoping, at least. Over the last few weeks, artificial intelligence got a whole lot smarter. For those of us concerned about what it meansā€¦ to our careers, our future, our kidsā€™ futureā€¦ weā€™re guessing an old Tom Robbins quote strikes a beligerent chord to many.

[Welcome to TypeTown, a fortnightly newsletter celebrating the typewriter’s place in history and modern culture. Click here to subscribe.] Welcome, welcome. It’s been a while. But here we are, fast learning the lessons of screenwriter and novelist William Goldman after unforeseen events kept us out of action last week. During a 50-year career, Goldman bashed away on at least five different typewriters, including a Hermes Baby, an Olympia SM9, and a Traveller de Luxe.

[Welcome to TypeTown, a fortnightly newsletter celebrating the typewriterā€™s place in history and modern culture. Click here to subscribe.] Ā”Buenos dias! A word of warning: weā€™re going to be quick this week. Mrs TypeTown is celebrating a BIG birthday and weā€™re not sure how long we can get away with this nonsense. So we start with American author Cormac McCarthy, whose love affair with typewriters has left quite the mark.