 Telegraph.co.uk | Fountain pen sales double Telegraph.co.uk In the world of e-books, iPads and Kindles, the humble fountain pen has made a comeback with sales more than doubling in the past year. By James Hall, Consumer Affairs Editor Retailers say fountain pens are increasingly prized as luxury purchases while ... |
American Idol Recap: A Shock in the Mire Vulture By Dave Holmes Part one of the season eleven of American Idol finale begins in its usual ponderous way: a quill pen writing our finalists' stories on parchment, as each one says: “I can't let this opportunity slip through my fingers. |
 ITV News | Is the UK's standard of diabetes care up to scratch? ITV News The Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office sounds like a Dickensian outfit, complete with ledgers and quill pens. Its job is to audit whether the government is spending the nation's pennies wisely. It all sounds very Victorian. |
 Telegraph.co.uk | If you want to write like Hemingway... Telegraph.co.uk True, by 1960 a French schoolboy's Bic was technically superior to the quill used by the Sun King, but the only certain truth about consumer behaviour is its irrationality. Perfection is boring. Amazon has reported that sales of fountain pens have ... |
 Wired News | In Defense of Literary Stunts Wired News By AJ Jacobs I'm scratching out this article on natural parchment with a goose-quill pen dipped in black ink. I'm conducting a grand experiment to see whether using antiquated technology changes how I write. When Nietzsche started using a typewriter, ... |
