In a lot of ways, the ongoing lockdown has taken us back to a simpler time. Like 2014, when colouring books for adults were all the rage, courtesy Johanna Basford’s bestselling Enchanted Forest. More ...

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Colouring books for adults are outselling cookery books in France, and now they appear to be taking over bookshelves in the UK, too. But why? While drawing between the lines was once reserved for ...

Colouring books for adults, which barely existed six months ago, have exploded as a trend with major publishers from several countries jumping on board. It started with books of black and white ...

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New Zealand researchers say their study shows anxiety and depression may be reduced by colouring in for as little as 10 minutes a day The adult colouring book craze has thereupeutic mental health ...

Remember a time when we painted elephants in bright orange, trees in pink and seas in fluorescent yellow, with the colours merging into each other, forming a shade we never knew of? Well, the things ...

A British illustrator's colouring book for adults has become a global hit after selling more than one million copies. Talented Johanna Basford, 31, has blown other titles out of the water worldwide ...

For millions of adults, colouring books bring inner peace—but it can also bring tendonitis, back problems and worse Before Sandi Jones begins colouring each evening, she takes at least one painkiller.