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 >
Tag Archives: graphology
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Jan
Jan
The dawning of 11th February 2019 heralded my ‘live’ debut TV appearance on ITV’s Good Morning Britain! Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley interviewed me on Meghan’s handwritten letter to her father, and Viscountess Julie Montagu – the American Royal Wedding correspondent – joined me in the chair. Watch the YouTube version here > (I’m talking […]
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Sep
Sep
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 […]
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Sep
Sep
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 […]
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Apr
Apr
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 […]
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Mar
Mar
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 […]
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Oct
Oct
As a fully qualified practising graphologist (and accredited tutor of the British Institute), I analyse handwriting to uncover what it says about the person behind the writing. From just a few handwritten sentences, my work reveal people’s core personality and their fluid behaviour – how they think, feel, and operate – shining a practical light […]
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Aug
Aug
Doodling is proactive daydreaming, helping us to unwind and de-stress and drum up light bulb moments! Absent-minded doodles are like Freudian slips revealing our deepest secrets and desires. The shapes, objects, and colour pens we use all offer up clues, and sometimes, it’s not so much what we draw that matters, but how we draw […]
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Jan
Jan
From the sceptic to the converted… this article (written by Martin Fullard, Deputy Editor of the Conference News, following his visit to Park Plaza London Riverbank Hotel) says it all! Click here to read > Having an inkling: what your meeting notes reveal
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Jun
Jun
A hat-trick of news releases today! The Royal Mail commissioned me to study and analyse the handwriting samples of ten ‘Great Britons’ to see if there was a link. The results are fascinating! Read published extracts here > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/06/26/does-handwriting-mark-great-briton/ This article was also published on page 6 of The Daily Telegraph (Tuesday 27th June). […]