Beyoncé, Obama, Lady Gaga – what does their handwriting say about them?

Philip Hensher has lamented the decline of pen and paper in the age of email. In a blind test, we gave him some celebrity handwriting and asked him to tell us what it reveals. (Answers below.)1. It looks as if this person either hasn't been taught how to write, or has forgotten all about it – maybe someone under 30. The few ornamental features – the looping f – have been put together on the writer's own initiative. It's not an elegant hand, but one which impatiently gets the job done. I do...

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