Choose an eco-friendly spin on a classic promotional item with these popular branded sustainable pens and pencils.

The OKB48 General Election has begun again this year. OKB stands for "O-kini-iri Ballpoint Pen" (Favorite Ballpoint Pen).

2026 marks 70 years of BIC's iconic M10 pen.

After amassing a trove of expensive fountain pens, I was surprised to find I loved using this gel pen the best.

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. In the summer of 1944, news of an exciting new ...

Imagine sitting beside someone who reaches for a pen and holds it in a way you have never seen before. Their fingers are positioned differently from yours, their thumb rests at an unexpected ...

I still remember my eighth-grade test. I scored perfectly in almost every subject, except for two: Bangla and English, where I somehow managed to come away with a B and an A. I had seen my scripts. I ...

Awards Circuit Podcast: The season premiere kicks off with the star of Peter Farrelly's new film about the making of "Rocky" ...

I worked on the Bic account for more than a decade, first as a Creative Director at a large ad agency, and then at my own agency. (I swiped the account when the big agency wasn’t looking.) One of the ...

I am writing this note in an emergency. This is because a price increase is scheduled for the 25th and stock is running out in many places, so I wanted to share my latest impressions in case anyone is ...

A study by Politecnico di Milano and the University of Insubria (Varese and Como) has been published in PLOS Digital Health. The study involved more than 700 children from primary and lower secondary ...

Every so often in Texas, a political scandal arises that is as ridiculous as it is emblematic of the man at its center. A governor’s attempt to pressure his political opponent ends in criminal ...