Gifts for writers and letter lovers

For the friend who still writes letters, keeps a journal, or owns too many pens, independent stationers are a world away from the high street. Scriptum has sold handmade journals, wax seals, and writing paper on Oxford's Turl Street since 2003.

Choosing Keeping in Covent Garden, Meticulous Ink in Bath, and Bartrums in Hay-on-Wye add fountain pens, inks, and stationery chosen with real care.

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