A Slice of Green lunch boxes and containers were designed to offer a stylish range of reusable products to pack and transport healthy, homemade food and snacks for all the family, working towards a zero waste 'on-the-go' balanced lunch.

Or, for some rest and relaxation and to feel closer to the John Dickinson history, you may book a stay at the Shendish Manor Hotel. I quite enjoyed sampling a few different pens and inks on the back pages of the notebook to see which I could use without bleed-through. But then a breakthrough came unexpectedly late last night when I realised that the cap finial may be removable.I shall therefore be able to look back at this post next week and see how I did in reality, compared to my resolve.

The lighting comes from 72 LEDs arranged in two rings around the top (where a round flap can be opened for direct overhead shooting). Flicking back through the pages, I see that I started with the paper-testing writing samples on the back pages and then just carried on with the pen and ink sampling, working from the back of the book all the way down to page 72 which is where I am now.com and Vijay – both of whom are on Instagram, where we had a catch up and tried a few of each other’s pens. Perhaps going for a mid-level brightness is the answer and then decide whether you need to go either brighter or darker from there. The cap pulls off, needing a very determined effort, made more difficult by the hard-to-grip finish of the barrel and cap. A white plastic foldable box with one open side, and a ring of LED lights in the top, usually powered by a USB charge pack and so can be used away from a mains power socket.

For a quicker clean, you can unscrew the nib and feed unit and wash them separately or leave them to soak overnight, but you need to take great care not to grip them too tightly to alter the alignment or tine gap, or damage the delicate ebonite feed, when doing this.Whilst browsing, and after circling the racks of roller-balls and fine-liners to check out the fountain pens (mostly Lamy, Parker and Sheaffer), I ventured on to the shelves of journals. This did not worry me as I was quite happy to start the diary in January and to have the previous six months’ pages free to use like a notebook, as I wished. Other features of the Moleskine diary include neatly sewn binding and so the book lays open flat, without risk of pages falling out. Named after the brothers Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, the world’s first successful machine for making a continuous reel of paper was operated at the mill in 1803.

As for the line spacing, whilst I still prefer to have a bit more breathing space, I think I can manage with it.SUSTAINABLEIn recent years we have all become more aware of the impact of the disposable culture we live in and would like to try and live a more sustainable lifestyle. Removing the cap, you find Aurora’s famously in-house made 14k gold nib, (Rhodium plated on my model), an ebonite feed and a long comfortable grip section. Compared to the Leuchtturm, the pages are smaller, there are less of them, and the paper is less resistant to bleed-through from certain inks.