Pen Art
Pen lovers celebrate the fine art of writing at the London Pen Show
When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone by hand?
As we entrust our laptops and phones with more and more of our lives, the once-ubiquitous art of handwriting is seemingly in danger of going extinct. But at a London hotel on a recent Sunday morning, thousands of people turned up to demonstrate that the humble pen may be far from meeting the fate of the dinosaurs.
At the autumn London Pen Show, which is one of six planned events from UK Pen Shows this year, you could find yourself face to face with some of the most elegant and expensive pens on the planet – and people happy to pay through the nose for them.
