A.J. Jacobs has been writing with an old-fashioned quill for a year. He argues they allow for slower, more contemplative thinking. Writer A.J. Jacobs wrote his manuscript using a quill and ink, ...

CHILDREN had a feather in their caps after successfully using quills to write calligraphy at a medieval activity day. Visitors to the Museum of Oxford blew off modern-day biros in favour of writing ...