Roland Allen

Oh, the glorious variety. I mean, it's fantastic. But since people have started making notebooks, so let's go back to 1300 again, you had huge business ledgers, which were so heavy, sort of pages a foot high and a foot wide, hundreds of pages, which were so heavy, you could barely lift them.

Oh, the glorious variety. I mean, it's fantastic. But since people have started making notebooks, so let's go back to 1300 again, you had huge business ledgers, which were so heavy, sort of pages a foot high and a foot wide, hundreds of pages, which were so heavy, you could barely lift them.

But you also had tiny little pocket notebooks for going around and making your everyday records, keeping track of your expenses, for instance. And then over time, notebooks get more and more specialised into different ways. So you start to have the date book and then you start to have the sort of dated journal, which gives you a whole page to write about your day.

But you also had tiny little pocket notebooks for going around and making your everyday records, keeping track of your expenses, for instance. And then over time, notebooks get more and more specialised into different ways. So you start to have the date book and then you start to have the sort of dated journal, which gives you a whole page to write about your day.

But you also had tiny little pocket notebooks for going around and making your everyday records, keeping track of your expenses, for instance. And then over time, notebooks get more and more specialised into different ways. So you start to have the date book and then you start to have the sort of dated journal, which gives you a whole page to write about your day.

And then you go up like legal pads, which I think are the late 19th century. And then you have spiral binding, which is the early 20th century as people invent these new formats, which are practical in their own way. And it's glorious variety. I love it.

And then you go up like legal pads, which I think are the late 19th century. And then you have spiral binding, which is the early 20th century as people invent these new formats, which are practical in their own way. And it's glorious variety. I love it.

And then you go up like legal pads, which I think are the late 19th century. And then you have spiral binding, which is the early 20th century as people invent these new formats, which are practical in their own way. And it's glorious variety. I love it.

What I love about it is, for instance, musical staves appearing on the page. That made musicians' lives a lot easier very quickly and composers' lives much easier. Putting lines on the page was something that people did anyway if they wanted to write more neatly. You know, they would rule them by hand themselves.

What I love about it is, for instance, musical staves appearing on the page. That made musicians' lives a lot easier very quickly and composers' lives much easier. Putting lines on the page was something that people did anyway if they wanted to write more neatly. You know, they would rule them by hand themselves.

What I love about it is, for instance, musical staves appearing on the page. That made musicians' lives a lot easier very quickly and composers' lives much easier. Putting lines on the page was something that people did anyway if they wanted to write more neatly. You know, they would rule them by hand themselves.

And then what I love about this is that even sometimes when you see lines on the page today, they haven't necessarily been printed. They've been put on by these sort of arrangements of lots of pens in parallel and the paper is moved underneath them. So they're actually drawn on the page rather than printed. And I like that very much.

And then what I love about this is that even sometimes when you see lines on the page today, they haven't necessarily been printed. They've been put on by these sort of arrangements of lots of pens in parallel and the paper is moved underneath them. So they're actually drawn on the page rather than printed. And I like that very much.

And then what I love about this is that even sometimes when you see lines on the page today, they haven't necessarily been printed. They've been put on by these sort of arrangements of lots of pens in parallel and the paper is moved underneath them. So they're actually drawn on the page rather than printed. And I like that very much.

Now, there you're looking at a cultural difference, because over here in Europe, we don't have three ring binders. We have two ring binders. So I can't answer that, I'm afraid. Why that is, I've got no idea. But yeah, three ring binders I find kind of ugly. Two ring binders are slightly more elegant, I suppose.

Now, there you're looking at a cultural difference, because over here in Europe, we don't have three ring binders. We have two ring binders. So I can't answer that, I'm afraid. Why that is, I've got no idea. But yeah, three ring binders I find kind of ugly. Two ring binders are slightly more elegant, I suppose.

Now, there you're looking at a cultural difference, because over here in Europe, we don't have three ring binders. We have two ring binders. So I can't answer that, I'm afraid. Why that is, I've got no idea. But yeah, three ring binders I find kind of ugly. Two ring binders are slightly more elegant, I suppose.

Yeah, it's one of those differences. It's like letter paper versus A4 paper, I guess. Why Americans stick with letter and Europeans have moved everything on to A4 and A3 and A naught and so on is again, what is A4 and A3?

Yeah, it's one of those differences. It's like letter paper versus A4 paper, I guess. Why Americans stick with letter and Europeans have moved everything on to A4 and A3 and A naught and so on is again, what is A4 and A3?

Yeah, it's one of those differences. It's like letter paper versus A4 paper, I guess. Why Americans stick with letter and Europeans have moved everything on to A4 and A3 and A naught and so on is again, what is A4 and A3?