by Peter | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
The phrase ‘right hand man’ is a memory of fighting in a shield wall. Most warriors were right handed, and when they raised their sword arm to strike a blow, they exposed their ribs to the thrust of a spear or an enemy sword. The defensive role of the...
by Peter | Jan 27, 2024 | good-bad, left-right, live-die, Nazi
In her account of life in a Nazi concentration camp Isabel Lowy said that Josef Mengele chose who was to live or die by directing prisoners to the left (to die) or the right (to live). Another dreadful instance of ‘right’ being positive and...
by Peter | Jan 10, 2024 | handedness, Uncategorized
An absolutely fascinating BBC2 film by Vianet Djenguet about more than just Silverback gorillas. In this clip he talks about how his left handedness was treated negatively while growing up!...
by Peter | Jan 9, 2024 | brain
The role of the hands (mouth and family) in recovering from showing no signs of brain activity. Rupert Johnston had been in a coma for two months after a horrific car crash in February 1997 and was showing no signs of brain activity. Doctors advised turning off the...
by Peter | Dec 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Bill Cooke gave a talk on 4th December 2023 on Anti-semitism (its history) to the Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society. He illustrated one manifestation of the conflict between two religions by showing a slide with two statues from the south portal of...
