ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

Use ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.com or the new ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ App to listen to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Episode details

World Service,3 mins

Why typewriters are making a comeback

World Business Report

Available for over a year

The first commercially successful typewriter was invented in the United States back in 1867. In their heyday in the 1950 and 60s there were hundreds of typewriter makers with factories all over the world - including Remington in the US, Adler in Germany and Imperial in the UK. It was the computer age which proved to be the typewriter’s nemesis. But as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Mike Johnson reports, some people are rediscovering its virtues.

Programme Website
More episodes