James Ward has an unusual attachment to paper clips. And when he sees one, he sees "a piece of art, but it's also a piece of useful art." And like any serious art appreciator, he is also a collector.

"Eventually, we took over the whole pub, and there was just one table left of normal people ... published in a book called The Perfection of the Paper Clip, out Tuesday in the U.S. "I'm interested ...

Beyond a gift for advertising table stabilizers ... said merely that he wanted something bigger or better for his red paper clip. No mention of a house — he feared seeming flaky.

Are your paper clips twisted? Then maybe your personality is, too. A Swiss psychologist has discovered that the shapes into which people bend and squeeze paper clips provide surprising insights ...

When you think of paper clips, you immediately think of a specific form—the familiar round-ended, double-loop design. The wire trombone shape. But that’s only one variety of clip; the “Gem ...

"Eventually, we took over the whole pub, and there was just one table left of normal people ... In his prologue, for example, he muses on some old paper clips he finds: The first compartment ...

Beyond a gift for advertising table stabilizers ... said merely that he wanted something bigger or better for his red paper clip. No mention of a house — he feared seeming flaky.