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Authors and their typewriters: From Salinger to Christie

Everyone's a budding author these days, thanks to the computer and the internet. But spare a thought for the logistics of the 20th century when the mechanical typewriter was the weapon of choice...

Typewriters and the Mueller touch

Did Mueller himself type his report? The two-space-after-stop convention leads to suspicion....

Kids react to typewriters: Feel sad for people who had to use them

I feel old. Having spent most of my life bashing away on typewriters, I now find modern kids...

Typewriters out, computers in

A couple of milestones this week: Brother assembled the last typewriter to be made in Britain, while over at...

For lovers of typography and typewriters

Having been brought up with typewriters, I find the mere mention of Elite and Pica faces stirs endless happy...

The world’s most beautiful typewriters

Before the age of the personal computer I had a thing about typewriters. I had many...

Typewriters and books well on the way to Dodo-dom

The last typewriter factory in the world is in jeopardy, so says Gizmodo today. But whether that’s right or not, there...

Street Photography: Are you a poser or a snatcher?

In the third article of his beginner's series on street photography, Keith tackles the thorny topic of taking photos of people without asking their permission. Is it best to ask the person to take their photograph, and pose for the camera, or to snatch a candid shot discreetly while no-one is looking?

The Good Companion meets some chums from 1929, including a Leica I and a vintage Swan fountain pen

I have a new good companion which I met for the first time a month ago. It all started...

Klack goes the keyboard, blink go the eyes through the rose-tinted glass

What do you miss most when using the modern, silent keyboard. Well, as a former typewriter aficionado, I miss the nostalgic clackety-clack of the mechanical machine. Now you can Klack away with a new macOS utility that transforms your Magic Keyboard….

The Pre-Tech Office 1: Behind the banking desk in the historic 1960s

Office life in the 1960s — manual typewriters, no computers, hard-slog hands-on labour. Mike takes a look into the past...

Olivetti Lettera 22 at seventy: The typewriter lives on

The typewriter has played a huge role in the story of my life. Before the computer, before the computer and before instant communication, the mechanical typewriter was paramount...