Friday, 6 April 2012

Things McManus says

Right handed people tend to be strongly right handed, whereas left handed people seem to be more adaptable. Actually very few people are ambidextrous - and everyone has a preference when tested.

Left Hand, Right Hand
Chris McManus
2003

Monday, 2 April 2012

More left handed people here (not the ones you expected)

Emily Maitlis - BBC News
"Freddie" from iCarly
Neil Oliver (Scottish TV Historian)
Heston Blumenthal
Duncan Bannatyne (Dragons Den)

The list continues...

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Leonardo on persistence:

Leonardo da Vinci said, 'Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed on a star, does not change his mind.'

Doesn't sound like a mona...

Sunday, 11 March 2012

Left-handed Jewellers

Found! Left-handed Jeweller, Barry Wayne at bespoke in St Albans, Herts.

Always happy to promote a fellow lefty.

http://www.bespokestalbans.com/id1.html

Or go to http://hotelalternative.blogspot.com for my telephone number.

Friday, 2 March 2012

Spotting Lefties like me

When you are out in left-field yourself you become attuned to spotting others of the same ilk.

Left-handers in the public-eye include:

David Bowie
Ben Howard - Brits Best Male Artiste 2013.
Adrian Newey (Red Bull F1 Designer)
Duncan Bannatyne
Heston Blumenthal
Neil Oliver (TV Historian)
Phil Mickelson
Emily Maitlis (BBC News, Newsnight)
Paul McCartney
Oprah Winfrey
Prince Charles
Prince William
Tom Cruise
Barack Obama
James Hegarty AKA "professor bongo"
Julia Roberts

to be continued... suggestions please in comments

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

The back of my (left) hand

You know when you know something "like the back of my hand"?

Well, that's how I feel about this topic:
Literally. Being left-handed, in a right-handed habitual world.

This is not the beginning of a revolution - you can't change something this fundamental when many of your family are "on the other side". But you dextrous people are not ALWAYS "right", and those of us that are left have much to offer that may not seem so sinister if you'll engage with it ;-)

If you are willing you can understand, accommodate and maybe even embrace the lefty perspective on life as a human...