Pocket diaries for 2018

Italian cult classic

MOLESKINE products have a devoted following and fans love the Italian brand’s elegant simplicity, its high-quality paper and its durability.

This hardcover diary has a page for every day, with acid-free paper, elastic closure and ribbon book mark.

It also has an expandable inner pocket for items like receipts. €19.99; paperweight.ie

Leather luxury

IF you like your stationery to be sumptuous, the Panama pocket diary from UK leather company Smythson is suitably stylish.

The Panama’s design dates from 1908 and it features a week-to-view layout with pale blue featherweight paper and a leather body made from cross-grain lambskin. €44; brownthomas.com

Bright start

GERMAN stationery company Leuchtturm1917 has a solid reputation for producing hardworking notebooks in a range of vibrant colours.

This soft-cover pocket weekly planner and notebook features one page with the full calendar week with a lined notebook page to the right. There are also two bookmarks, a project planner and expandable pocket for loose notes. €15.61; amazon.co.uk

Monthly motivation

SOMETIMES you need a little help to get you through the working day and Every Day Matters, the best-selling diary created by Danny DiPirro aims to be that pick-me-up.

Filled with inspirational quotes, every month is themed — January is ‘openness’ for example — and there’s a page at the end of each month where you’re asked to reflect on the month gone by. €9.80; easons.com