‘My dear heart’: Centuries of love letters on exhibit

LONDON—Love is, famously, a many-splendored thing. It can encompass longing, loneliness, pain, jealousy, grief—and, sometimes, joy. As Valentine’s Day approaches, the many facets of passion are going on display in an exhibition called “Love Letters” at Britain’s National Archives that covers five centuries. Curator Victoria Iglikowski-Broad said that the documents recount “legendary romances from British