Budget Coloured Pencils

Stand in front of the pencil aisle at any UK stationer and you’ll see the same puzzle: a tin of twelve for a few pounds sitting next to a wooden box that costs more than a week’s shopping. So what’s actually going on between cheap vs expensive coloured pencils, and is the pricier tin genuinely … Read more

Somewhere between “I fancy trying colouring” and “I own £200 of pencils I’ve used twice” lies a very sensible middle ground: cheap coloured pencils. Not the pound-shop ones that snap the second you look at them funny, but genuinely decent sets that happen to cost less than a round of coffees for four. Cheap coloured … Read more