LUCY LETBY UNCOVERED On first impressions, you could be deceived into thinking she’s just an ordinary girl. Viewed holistically, one of Letby’s samples portrays a picture of someone who is convincingly caring and personable with reasonably positive attributes and qualities, notwithstanding her immaturity and childish nature. So, I was intrigued to find out what demons […]
“We are currently experiencing a lot of change in our lives, and intense feelings are rolling around… so what you’ve got is repressed emotions spilling out from the back of your mind.” We’ve got children drawing rainbows, and adults doodling smiley faces… but what do they all mean? So I was delighted to be invited to […]
Whether you doodle on paper or on steamy bathroom mirrors, there will be meaning: A recent fun collaboration with the Big Bathroom Shop has unexpectedly resulted in some national coverage this week! Click here, to read an article online at the Daily Mail, and discover what your favourite doodles reveal about you > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail
What is the hidden meaning behind what we draw on misty windows? As a child, doodling on car windows was one of the few ways of keeping occupied on a long journey, in between asking “are we there yet?” . When you get older, your time may still be spent playing Banksy on a misty bus window, […]
There’s a lot more to all that seemingly random scribbling than meets the eye. How do you doodle, and what do your doodles say about you? Is doodling good for you, and what does it all mean? Who knew that doodling could be so therapeutic? Or that our frivolous squiggles and lightweight childish drawings could […]
So very excited to have been invited onto The One Show on National Doodle Day (in aid of Epilepsy Awareness) to talk about doodling, and analyse Frank Skinner, Rob Beckett and Angela Scanlon’s doodles. Click here to see a video snapshot of the moment >
It was a privilege to be invited by the BBC to analyse doodles for National Doodle Day. I collaborated with Adebanji Alade (who incidentally provided the fantastic drawing in the headline). We talked about the value of doodling and the meaning behind doodles. Adebanji is a prolific sketcher, a motivational speaker and Art Coach, and […]
Jamie Mcloughlin, Researcher at BBC Education, approached me requesting a story about the scientific aspect of analysing doodles for their educational Bitesize website. This was timed to coincide with National Doodle Day. We compiled a Q&A. Three doodles also came from well-known names in BBC’s Media City for me to analyse: Martin Dougan (one of the […]
Delighted to have been invited by Lauren PG-Geall, an MA Magazine Journalism student at University of London, to write a feature on Journalist’s doodles for their alumni magazine XCity. This is The Drawn Identity. Click to read article here > And here’s the unedited version of what I said: (Please note that I use […]
It seems everyone’s talking about doodles at the moment! So I was delighted when James Hazell invited me onto his show on BBC Radio Suffolk this afternoon, and we had an interesting dialogue about doodling. . Let’s be clear about this: Doodles are simple, uncontrived drawings. They are rarely works of art. But what makes them so special is […]