Yep, that’s right, left-handers have their own day on Tuesday 13 August. Celebrate your right to be left-handed.
Although I’m right-handed — very right-handed — I can envisage how frustrating it must be if you are naturally left-handed. And I can also see why for many centuries until fairly recently, left-handedness was discouraged if not actually considered evil … although there are advantages to that: my 97-year-old mother is naturally left-handed and it was only when she changed schools at the age of eight that she was made to write right-handed; as a consequence she is now ambidextrous and can also do mirror writing.

Writing left-handed is fine, but what about all those things like scissors that don’t work in the “wrong hand”. So if you’re left-handed and tired of trying to use gadgets and tools made for right handed people then vent your frustration on 13 August! This is your chance to get your own back on your right-handed friends, colleagues and family by designating your personal space as a “lefty zone” where everything must be done left-handed!
Find more information on Left Handers Day on their website at www.lefthandersday.com