FROM those far-off days of the Second World War, when Alan Turing and his code-breaking team at Bletchley Park broke the Enigma Code, computers have become such a part of our lives we think little of what a marvel they are and how much dependence we invest in them.

There is little doubt that a computer-free society is absolutely unthinkable as computers are so much a part of modern life, from smart phones all the way through to a spacecraft navigational system.

However, with the recent expose of David Beckham’s emails, could computers be reaching the end of one salient point of their use?

There will be few people these days who actually write and post letters and that idea of actually writing and posting letters is complete anathema to the modern generation.

But, for sensitive communication, it may well come to pass that it’s the safest way of transporting it in the future.

Could we see a resurgence and the modern postie would, once again, be delivering letters rather than the huge amounts of rubbish they currently push through our doors?

With the exception of birthday and Christmas cards, there will be few personal letters delivered now.

So David Beckham could get his much-desired “K” for being the catalyst for the return of posted letters.

Philip Roe, Roman Avenue South, Stamford Bridge