“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“Anaesthesia was invented to make surgery possible, not easy…” Anonymous A friend and colleague recently posted on her socials, about the first general anaesthetic given in Australia. Of course I had to find out more. It turns out that the issue is complex, controversial, and best of all disputed. Like early convict settlements, it involved… Read more

“Real guilloche should be microscopically imperfect, akin to the brush marks of a fine painting…” Louis Erard Metiers So double trouble has engulfed the fountain pen community. The LAMY Safari has arguably been one of the most successful fountain pens. If you only have one fountain pen, it could well be a Safari. These pens… Read more