Namco and Zippo have teamed up to launch a range of classic video game themed lighters. The Namco Classic Video Game Lighters come in four different styles, so there is bound to be one to suit every ...

Our ancestors learned to control fire roughly 1.8 million years ago. A lot has changed since then, but the utility of fire remains constant, keeping us warm, cooking our food, and lighting the ...

Whether you’re camping in the woods or walking down the city sidewalk, nothing is more frustrating than trying to light a flame when it’s super windy. To combat this, the best windproof lighters are ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “My dad used to take me, in the ’70s, to the store when I used to visit London with him,” recalls Zaim Kamal, ...

Antiques expert Mike Hicks looks at the story of a famous cigarette lighter brand. In the Second World War smoking as a habit was rife and Ronson, as a lighter manufacturer, was born, capitalising on ...