Monthly Archives: January 2012

Review: The Emperor of All Maladies

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee My rating: 5 of 5 stars By chronicling the efforts of individuals and organisations to defeat and understand cancer, the book to me is a mirror of our biological and psychological natures: … Continue reading

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Platinum ReCelluloid “Cha-ringu”(チャリング)

A discontinued pen from Platinum’s ReCelluloid range of, well, celluloid pens. From online searches, this pen was seems to date from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. Lambrou’s “Fountain Pens of the World” lists similar pens (going by nib design) from around … Continue reading

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TWSBI 530 + Pelikan 14C nib

I’m enjoying writing with the TWSBI 530 a lot more after installing a Pelikan nib on it (likely from a M250), though with the clear faceted barrel I can’t shake entirely the feeling that I’m writing with a Ferrero Rocher … Continue reading

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