Media & Press
The Telegraph
If you're not living together, is your love life now illegal?
Sex under lockdown. Gillian McCallum, Matchmaker at “Top introductions agency Drawing Down the Moon” speaks to Rowan Pelling of The Telegraph
The Telegraph
Love in the time of corona
Love in the time of Corona: I’m not panic buying..I’m panic dating!
Sunday Times
No kissing, but singles are out looking for love despite pandemic
No Kissing, but Singles are out looking for Love
Forbes
Inside The $225,000 Oscars 2020 Gift Bag
Drawing Down the Moon was featured in Forbes as part of their coverage of the Oscars
GQ Australia
Oscars Swag Bag Is Full Of Food And Holidays.
How the Oscars Goody Bag work and how Drawing the Moon were featured
The Telegraph
OSCARS 2020 Goodie Bag
The Independent covered the story that Drawing Down the Moon gave selected Oscar Nominees and winners a complimentary membership.
OK Magazine
Dating Celebrity Tips Single Romance
Gillian McCallum Dating Expert reveals how you can date a celebrity and explains the pitfalls A-listers face when looking for romance.
RT UK
Television interview with Gillian
Gillian McCallum shares the number one deal-breaker in Dating today – Brexit !
The Telegraph
Brexit is the now the number one deal-breaker
Why Brexit is a Dating Deal Breaker – read The Telegraph interview with DDM Matchmaker Gillian McCallum
Dating News
UK’s Oldest Matchmaking Firm, to Celebrate Its 35th Anniversary
CEO Gillian McCallum runs Drawing Down the Moon with steadfast compassion, insight, and integrity.
The Telegraph
First dates returns dating game different for men
Men are not coming to us and asking for a much younger model.”
Metro Newspaper
Newspaper Quote
Matchmaker Gillian McCallum discusses the issues surrounding professional relationships with former partners.
Metro Newspaper
Is financial infidelity the ultimate betrayal?
Matchmaker Gillian McCallum speaks to the Metro newspaper about the ramifications of financial infidelity.
BBC Radio Derby
Who should pay on a First Date?
Gillian McCallum, matchmaker and dating expert spoke to the listeners of BBC Radio Derby. Who should pay on a First Date?
Dating Magazine
Gillian Quote
Drawing Down the Moon is featured in the new dating magazine “Dating”
BBC Radio Derby
Radio Interview
Gillian McCallum, matchmaker and dating expert spoke to the listeners of BBC Radio Derby this morning, about a recent post on Mumsnet.
BBC Radio Derby
Radio Interview
Gillian McCallum, matchmaker and dating expert speaking to the listeners of BBC Radio Derby about New Years resolutions around dating, and matchmaking.
The Sunday Times
Relationships & Dating
Her advice was stern: do not cancel your plans for him; make flirty statements, do not ask questions; make him come to you.
The Sunday Times
Dating
Matchmaker Gillian McCallum warns journalist Emily Hill about the dangers of breadcrumbing
The New York Times
8 Ways to Have a Better Relationship in 2018
A cigarette and embrace after sex has quickly been replaced with a scroll through social media
BBC Radio 4
Matchmakers, Sexism, The Fix, Consent
Gillian McCallum, CEO of Drawing Down the Moon Matchmaking, speaks to Jenni Murray on Woman’s Hour
The New York Times
How to Navigate Social Media Boundaries in a Relationship
As a sex therapist, I never imagined I’d spend so much time talking about Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat
Dating Advice
Award-Winning Matchmakers in the UK
Since 1984, Drawing Down the Moon, a premium matchmaking company, has paired up tens of thousands of thoughtful…
Radio Gorgeous
Dating Tips and Advice
Gillian McCallum, CEO of Drawing Down the Moon London Matchmakers reveals …
Glamour Magazine
Do you know about the GREEN flags of dating?
We talk about the ‘red flags’ of dating – those signs that scream, ‘Walk (OK, run) away’ – but do we spend…
Time Out
Things You Only Know if You’re a… Matchmaker
At Drawing Down the Moon we’ve got clients from their late twenties to their early seventies…
The Guardian
I’ve always done matchmaking
When I was a child I’d match dolls, rabbits, kittens.I do date coaching, teach friendly flirting.
Independent on Sunday
The Dating Expert
After 17 years in the dating business I have a few rules about general compatibility. I try and match people’s energy levels.
The Telegraph
A female TV presenter is single man’s ideal date
An analysis of 23,000 “matches” by two dating agencies says men believe that female journalists have the perfect potential because they are “quick thinking and intelligent” and care about the human condition.
The Independent
Professional way to find a partner
Mary Balfour met her husband up a ladder …Despite the chance nature of that meeting and…
Management Today
Mary Balfour – how does she manage?
It’s about realising the mission of my business, which is to create as many happy endings as possible.
The Independent
The Matchmaker
Mary Balfour runs the Drawing Down the Moon and loveandfriends.com introduction agencies. She lives with her…
The Telegraph Magazine
Hardlife, The Matchmaker
Many incredibly attractive and articulate people living in London and the South-East. Most are graduates and are…
Financial Times
Singled Out for Special Treatment
“Doctors and lawyers never tell anybody they’ve joined,” says Balfour.
Sainsbury Magazine
How to find your soulmate
Mary Balfour tells Sainsbury’s Magazine how she used to dream about what her ideal job…
The Hill Magazine
The Hill – interviews Mary
Who – in the words The Times Literary Supplement – could match up an Anais Nin or Spike Milligan without much difficulty
Saga Magazine
My Favourite Room
Mary talks to Saga: “I love my kitchen. From a purely practical point of view, it is the room I spend the most time in”
Red Magazine
Find a new relationship in the same way you’d look for a new house
According to Mary Balfour, director of Drawing Down…
After Hours
Moving in the right circles
FEBRUARY: THE MONTH when rose plants treble and Valentine’s day offers many single people little more than …
Eve Magazine
Knock ‘em dead tips
‘Fabulous underwear and gorgeous shoes for confidence’ & ‘If you feel overwhelmed, practice makes perfect’
Director Magazine
Playing with matches
Mary Balfour talks to The Director Magazine – about how successful people increasingly use specialists to help…
The Saturday Times
How Paul met Laura
“Then a friend suggested Drawing Down The Moon. I met one of it’s consultants; then they decide whether you fit the kind of clientele they have. In some way…
Time Out London
24-hour city
10am Arrive at the office in Adam and Eve Mews and start sifting through applicants.