Dyslexia – Ross Duncan

July 17, 2019

Ross Duncan talks to Barrington Stoke- publishers

Publishing companies come in a variety of different sizes and come into to existence for a variety of different reasons. For instance it was reported in the Guardian that Lord Heseltine, one of the founders of the hugely successful publishing companies called Haymarket Media Group. Was said to have “severe…READ MORE

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July 16, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Ben Thomson

Ross Duncan interviews Ben Thomson Many may not have heard of the name Pete Conrad, but Conrad was the third man on the moon, but what’s was more remarkable was that he was dyslexia. Following behind is Ben Thomson who is also dyslexic and who “has always wanted to go…READ MORE

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July 10, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Sir Jackie Stewart OBE former Formula 1 World Champion

Sir Jackie Stewart’s autobiography helped change my life after reading his book ‘Winning Is Not Enough’, so when the opportunity for me to interview Sir Jackie came along it was too good an opportunity to miss It was dream come true: the opportunity to interview my hero, Sir Jackie Stewart,…READ MORE

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July 2, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Matt Boyd Exceptional Individuals -employment agency

Resulting from my own experience and using this experience of being unemployed and struggling to find work plus being dyslexic, I eventually set up an employment agency in 2015 called Exceptional Individuals, specifically for people who might consider them to be neurodiverse. Matt Boyd is an entrepreneur running and…READ MORE

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July 1, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Johanna Basford- World of Flowers/Secret Garden adult colouring books

In an article titled ‘Rebalancing Dyslexia and Creativity at the RCA’, the Royal College of Art, the world’s number one art and design university, claim that 29% of its current students identify themselves as being dyslexic, when compared to 5–10% of the overall population (RCA, 2018). Coincidently, Johanna Basford, has…READ MORE

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June 29, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Rossie Stone- Dekko Comics

As a boy growing up Rossie Stone was told by his mother, the BBC presenter Sally Magnusson, Icelandic stories about mythological creatures which are commonly known as Sagas. Of course these stories have come down from Rossie Stone’s late grandfather Magnus Magnusson who was reported to have said about his…READ MORE

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Category: Dyslexia