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TRENDING . . . LOVE IN A BOX Anthropologie’s (0044-800 0026 8476, anthropologie.eu) new Notes of Affection collection is a series of copper-plated metal desk top boxes and receptacles for the tidy minded that word plays on that most beautiful of things, copperplate handwriting. The collection includes a sweet paper clip box that could also double as a jewellery box, £10 (€12), a magazine holder, €28 (€33.50) and a tray holder, £22 (€26.50). If you want to commit words to a loved one pay The Pen Corner (01-6793641) on Dublin’s College Green a visit and invest in an old-fashioned writing instrument and some fine gauge paper on which to pen an old-fashioned letter. What could be more romantic?