Though I had grown up seeing my dad always using them, my own obsession with fountain pens started a little over three years ago, when I ordered my first pen, a jade-colored TWSBI Eco. It made writing ...
When was the last time you held a pen in your hand to write a greeting card or fill the pages of a journal? With our smartphones and laptops the mainstays of our lives, it won’t be surprising if you ...
The code has been copied to your clipboard. The fountain pen as a practical writing instrument has been declared obsolete numerous times. It was supposedly doomed by the innovations of the drip-free ...
Nostalgia is a tricky beast that paints even painful memories with a sheen of fondness. Look back with rose-tinted glasses, ...
Among the obituaries of a former Conservative Minister a few years ago, there was one delightful snippet. A line in The Daily Telegraph described how, when she received the letter from Mrs Thatcher ...