James Mylne has been creating artworks using ballpoint pens for 15 years. He says Biros appeal to him due to the huge level of concentration required to complete each drawing, with works often taking ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s hardly surprising that in our era of e-mails and text messages, many hark back with nostalgia to the days ...

I'm not sure how happy Montblanc is going to be that the first report I have from their new boutique --relocated from the cavernous and slightly impersonal space it formerly occupied, on the corner of ...

Before you start collecting fountain pens, note this: What's hot: Modern limited edition pens, especially by Montblanc and Namiki, but also by Pelikan, Montegrappa, Parker, Omas and Visconti. Vintage ...

It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that serious, but if ...

Kolkata: Bibhas Banerjee, assistant professor of physiology at Medical College and Hospital (MCH) woke up early on Friday so that he could finish the ritual of cleaning his vintage fountain pens he ...