“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

“Never was so much owed by so many to so few…” Winston Churchill This new limited edition Spitfire fountain pen from English manufacturer Conway Stewart, ticks a lot of boxes for me. My Dad used a dark blue Conway Stewart in his fountain pen days, so I have a soft spot for them. As a… Read more

“Not everything that counts can be counted…” Albert Einstein It was Louis Pasteur that first noticed under his microscope that he could separate tartaric acid crystals into two distinct groups, those that polarised light and those that didn’t. Pasteur was interested in other matters, so he made the observation, but didn’t give it much more… Read more