by Peter | Jul 22, 2026 | left-right
Right back, Left back, Right behind, Left behind The other day I was struck by the asymmetry between our uses of left and right. On the one hand, right back and left back are generally ‘value-free’ : they are labels for two positions on a playing field. On...
by Peter | Jul 15, 2026 | charismatic, finger, fingerspitzengefuehl, Hitler, intuition, Nazi, Uncategorized
Nevile Henderson also suspected that the key to Adolf Hitler’s success might be to do with his boundless self-confidence, backed up by his intuitive sense of what to do next. Henderopn, like Dahlerus , never found Hitler charismatic and puzzled throughout his...
by Peter | May 27, 2026 | brain, education, hand, left-right, write
Saying “I know which is my left hand because I write with it!” is is not an expected justification for knowing the left from the right hand. More typically one hears “I know my right hand because I write with it!” And as such, the left / write...
by Peter | Apr 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
This paper, I Don’t Know What’s Right and What’s Wrong : Parent Perceptions of Support and Progress of Their Children With Handwriting Difficulties was published by Literacy UKLA vol 60 Issue 2 This study was to understand parents’ perceptions...
by Peter | Apr 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
The other Saturday, while waiting at a No. 9 Warrington bus stop at Lyons Lane ( on the way into Manchester via Warrington Central), I got into conversation with a mum and her 11 tear old son who was sitting on the kerb, facing the road. At some stage during the...
