Paul Homchick bought his first fountain pen three decades ago. He was working as an engineering consultant and wanted to seem trustworthy as he took notes. Since retiring, the 76-year-old has been ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — People collect all sorts of things. For Michael Fielder, his collection of fountain pens started in 2000. As he said, there’s a “huge subculture” and wide variety of fountain ...

Hyderabad: After decades of decline, the humble fountain pen is enjoying an unexpected revival. Pen shops in the city’s Abids market say sales have jumped sharply this summer, fuelled by parents ...

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South London singer-songwriter Joy Crookes has shared "Carmen", as her fourth release of the year. "Carmen" delivers a takedown of society’s narrow and often exclusionary beauty standards, offering a ...

For the past two years, during the twilight of my academic career, I have become a devotee of the fountain pen, often pondering this seemingly retro act of putting pen to paper. Composing again by ...

In 1956, the editor William Maxwell was having some trouble with beetles in his roses. “[W]hen I come on the shreds of one that was exquisite in the morning and raddled by noon,” he wrote to one of ...

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I wasn’t good at school, ...

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Buying the right fountain pen is trickier than I imagined. Tarun Awasthi of Kanwrite Pens, which has manufactured fountain pens and nibs since 1986, patiently guides me through the process. Awasthi is ...