There’s nothing quite like the smell of freshly sharpened graphite on a spanking new sheet of paper, or the feeling of opening a brand-new pen and watching the ink glide across a perfectly crisp page like an Olympic figureskater.
The one month of year we can excuse a stock-piling of hi-tech stationery, notebooks, calendars and desk accessories is September – otherwise known as back-to-school season. After a long, languid and rainy British summer spent with the kids at home, when September rolls around, it’s finally time to usher the little - and not-so-little ones - into a brand-new academic year.
