Notebook Stories

This is amusing: Which Smythson notebook would you give to which Cabinet minister? Smythson are the makers of lovely little leather-covered notebooks with whimsical phrases embossed on the front. (Somewhere in my collection I have their “Blondes Brunettes Redheads” address book.) The proud holder of two royal warrants, Smythson of Bond Street (established in 1887 [...]

The Elle website features eleven favorite notebooks (with a wee mention of a review by yours truly), including Moleskine, Smythson, the Shopsin Diary, and the oh-so-high-school Trapper Keeper– who knew it’s been revived as a trendy accessory! var linkwithin_site_id = 33949; (function () { var elem = document.createElement(‘script’); elem.type = ‘text/javascript’; elem.src = ‘http://www.linkwithin.com/widget.js?rand=’ + [...]