At last year’s adult colouring competition at BookFest@Singapore, half of the contestants were above 50. And the oldest winner? A young-at-heart 94-year-old.

Chat Thérapie on Amazon.fr, for example, is a series of 100 anti-stress, purring cats; The Little Book of Calm Colouring: Portable Relaxing, purports to do exactly what its title says.

Dr Rodski, who is now an author of several colouring books for adults, began exploring the idea when he was treating patients who didn't benefit from traditional relaxation techniques.

But which place is the country's adult colouring-in hotspot. New research from online bookseller, Book People, has identified Oxford as the UK’s biggest colouring in hotspot.

New adult colouring book will help you get over the arseholes in your life Hattie Gladwell Published March 21, 2016 4:31pm Updated December 11, 2019 2:53pm Comments ...