Ciotóg, claw hand, wrong hand – historically left-handedness was seen as a curse. The word “left” has long been associated with wrongness or deviance –as leftness derives from the Latin word “sinister ...

Sir, – Kitty Holland's article about Gerry Kavanagh's traumatic educational experience as a result of being physically punished for not writing with his right hand resonated with me ("'I was told I ...