It takes practice: writing with a fountain pen is very different to using a ballpoint or gel pen as you have to be more in control of the angle and stroke of the nib on the page.

How to use a fountain pen With the nib pointing towards the paper, keep your fountain pen at a roughly 45-degree angle before beginning to write.

Writing with the fountain pen, after all these years, has made my handwriting more well-behaved, the way people become better-mannered when togged up in their best clothes.

9 best pens to write with, from ballpoints to fountain pens From writing the next bestseller to putting your shopping list together – we’ve got you covered ...

Fountain pens are owned by the sort of people who would always write invitations in ink and never, ever refer to them as ‘invites’. They’ll use their fountain pen to sign cheques and to write down ...

It's the battle of the writing titans, but which is better; ballpoint or fountain pen?

Learning to write with a retro fountain penBut if you are on a deadline, with an editor on your back, shouting that he needs the copy in five minutes, and you cannot understand a word you have ...

The TWSBI Diamond 580ALR was my gateway into what has since become a fountain-pen obsession, one that has led me to acquire a small arsenal of pens from different makers across different continents.