So my younger self was right: colouring in is the key to a happy life | Nell Frizzell

Researchers have found that just 10 minutes a day in the company of crayons can give adults a mental lift. It’s been keeping me on the right lines for years

As a small, Meatloaf-looking girl, often to be found wearing an unlikely collection of bottle-green leggings, DM boots and silk waistcoats (imagine a radical feminist Status Quo), I absolutely loved colouring in. I would spend ages on the sort of intricate geometric patterns that would have been perfect training for a career in carpet design.

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