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 – The Telegraph

Love in the time of Corona: I’m not panic buying..I’m panic dating!
The Sunday Times

Singles looking for love in the pandemic – Sunday Times

No Kissing, but Singles are out looking for Love
Forbes

DDM in Forbes as part of coverage for the Oscars

Drawing Down the Moon was featured in Forbes as part of their coverage of the Oscars.
GQ

DDM Oscar goodie bag mentioned in GQ Australia

How the Oscars Goody Bag work and how Drawing the Moon were featured
Independent

DDM in the Oscar nominee gift bag

The Independent covered the story that Drawing Down the Moon gave selected Oscar Nominees and winners a complimentary membership.
OK Magazine

Gillian McCallum mentioned in OK Magazine

Gillian McCallum Dating Expert reveals how you can date a celebrity and explains the pitfalls A-listers face when looking for romance.
off to the oscars, premier matchmakers

Drawing Down the Moon is Going to the Oscars

For the first time ever, the Oscar winners’ and nominees’ gift bags will include matchmaking membership—with yours truly, Drawing Down the Moon!
RT

Television interview with Gillian on RT UK

Gillian McCallum shares the number one deal-breaker in Dating today – Brexit !
The Telegraph

Brexit is the now the number one deal-breaker – The Telegraph

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 – Dating News

CEO Gillian McCallum runs Drawing Down the Moon with steadfast compassion, insight, and integrity.
The Telegraph

First dates returns dating game different for men – The Telegraph

According to Gillian McCallum, CEO of Drawing Down the Moon… “Men are not coming to us and asking for a much younger model.”
Metro

Professional relationships with former partners – Metro newspaper

Matchmaker Gillian McCallum discusses the issues surrounding professional relationships with former partners.
Metro

Is financial infidelity the ultimate betrayal? – Metro newspaper

Matchmaker Gillian McCallum speaks to the Metro newspaper about the ramifications of financial infidelity.
BBC Radio Derby

Who should pay on a First Date? – BBC Radio Derby

Gillian McCallum, matchmaker and dating expert spoke to the listeners of BBC Radio Derby. Who should pay on a First Date?
#dating

Gillian McCallum in Dating

Drawing Down the Moon is featured in the new dating magazine “Dating”
BBC Radio Derby

Radio Interview with Gillian – BBC Radio Derby

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

New Years resolutions around dating, and matchmaking – BBC Radio Derby

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 – The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

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

The dangers of breadcrumbing – The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

Matchmaker Gillian McCallum warns journalist Emily Hill about the dangers of breadcrumbing…
The New York Times

“A cigarette and embrace after sex has quickly been replaced with a scroll through social media,” – 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 – BBC Radio 4

Woman’s Hour

Gillian McCallum, CEO of Drawing Down the Moon Matchmaking, speaks to Jenni Murray on Woman’s Hour
The New York Times

Navigating Social Media Boundaries – The New York Times

New York Times

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 – Dating Advice

Dating Advice

Since 1984, Drawing Down the Moon, a premium matchmaking company, has paired up tens of thousands of thoughtful…
Radio Goregous

Radio Gorgeous

Dating Tips and Advice

Gillian McCallum, CEO of Drawing Down the Moon London Matchmakers reveals …

Best Global Matchmaker 2017 – Andrea Messent – Drawing Down the Moon

2017 has brought much excitement to our buzzing Marylebone Matchmaking office. The Winner for Best Global Matchmaker 2017 was announced at the iDate Awards ceremony on January 25, 2017 in Miami
Glamour

Glamour Magazine

Glamour Magazine

We talk about the ‘red flags’ of dating – those signs that scream, ‘Walk (OK, run) away’ – but do we spend…
Drawing Down the Moon Matchmaking Team in Fancy Dress Best Customer Service 2016

A Fabulous New Dating Year from DDM Matchmakers London!

Welcome to the month of January 2017; a bitterly cold reality check as we catapult out of the salacious haze of the festive season…
Time Out

Time Out London

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…
iDate Black and Gold card 2016

Mary Balfour Wins 2016 iDate Best International Dating Coach Award

Prestigious International award for London based Drawing Down the Moon’s Mary Balfour: Best International Dating Coach 2016
Mary Balfour of Drawing Down the Moon Matchmaking wins the Founders Award for her service to the industry at the UK Dating Awards

Drawing Down the Moon won UK’s Best Matchmaking Award at UK Dating Awards

Mary Balfour, our MD, had won the Founder’s Award for 30 years of service to dating and then DDM won Matchmaking Agency of the Year.
The Guardian

“I’ve always done matchmaking” – Mary Balfour in 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

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

The Telegraph

A journalist is a mans ideal date an analysis of 23,000 “matches” by two dating agencies says men think they are quick thinking, intelligent and care about the human condition.
Independent

Professional way to find a partner – 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? Media Endorsement – 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.
Independent

Mary Balfour talks to The Independent

The Matchmaker Mary Balfour runs the Drawing Down the Moon and loveandfriends.com introduction agencies. She lives with her…
The Telegraph

Hardlife, The Matchmaker – 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

Financial Times

Singled Out for Special Treatment
“Doctors and lawyers never tell anybody they’ve joined,” says Balfour.
Sainsbury Magazine

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

The Hill Magazine talks to Mary Balfour about her Life and Matchmaking

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

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

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

Eve Magazine

Knock ‘em dead tips

‘Fabulous underwear and gorgeous shoes for confidence’ & ‘If you feel overwhelmed, practice makes perfect’
Director Magazine

Director Magazine

Playing with matches

Mary Balfour talks to The Director Magazine – about how successful people increasingly use specialists to help…
Saturday Magazine

The Saturday Times

“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

Time Out – 24-hour city

The Matchmaker – Mary Balfour

10am Arrive at the office in Adam and Eve Mews and start sifting through applicants.