Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most unsung ...

Ink is among the select number of inventions at the foundation of civilisation. It's hard to imagine our world without the means to record text and images. This makes humans a unique species because ...