Where someone with years of hard-won personal experience, and lots of trial and error, shares everything they’ve learned. Read more here. I’m not anti-tech per se, but there are certain modern ...

Handwriting activates more of your brain than typing. Here's what science says and why it matters more in an age of AI.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In a digital heavy world, pen and paper have never been more important. Perhaps only a decade ago, ...

When do you actually become a Pen Guy? Similar to being Fashion Guy, Car Guy, or Watch Guy, it comes at a point in adulthood when you have enough self-respect to want better from everyday items. All ...

Confession: I have a desk drawer filled with gel pens in a variety of colors (think neon pink, shimmery gold, deep black and beyond). I use them to write birthday cards for my friends and for my ...

Of course, I lost my beloved Pilot Varsity a few weeks after rediscovering it. I went to my neighborhood stationery shop to ...

One of the pleasures of writing in pencil is the friction of two solid materials in contact. One of the delights of writing in pen is that you can write continuously without having to stop to sharpen ...

In a wonderful article published on the New York Review of Books blog the poet Charles Simic proclaimed "writing with a pen or pencil on a piece of paper is becoming an infrequent activity". Simic was ...

In an era of touchscreens and ballpoints, the fountain pen – used by the likes of Winston Churchill and Sean Connery – is quietly booming thanks to journaling and Gen Z fans.