Narrative by Numbers

Epilogue

On a fresh but grey afternoon in early March 2017, I was sitting for the first time in the Meeting House of the University of Sussex. This was surprising for three reasons.

• Surprise number one – This was the first time I’d set foot in this stunning building, and, dull as the day was outside, it was alive with light dancing through a rainbow of single-colour stained glass windows. At that moment, I’d lived in Sussex for nearly 20 years. What’s more, I spent most of the first four years of the early Noughties studying and researching at the University, first for a master’s and then for a doctorate in Experimental Psychology.

During my studies, day after day – as I used more and more data to tell better and better stories about the effects ...