Monthly Archives: August 2017

The Dwarfie Stane / Stone

Posted on August 30, 2017 by lynne

Reader Jimmy Dalek wrote to me about one of my favourite places on the planet – the Dwarfie Stane on wonderful Orkney. The stane or stone (both spellings are widely used) is a huge block of red sandstone about 8.5 metres … Continue reading →

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Rapscallions add character to aid memory

Posted on August 7, 2017 by lynne

Characters make stories, and the information they encode, every so much more memorable. Very early in my PhD research, I became aware of the universal use of a pantheon of characters in all indigenous cultures. The ancient Greeks and Romans … Continue reading →

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I memorised a shuffled deck of cards!

Posted on August 2, 2017 by lynne

I really didn’t believe that I would be capable of memorising an entire shuffled deck of cards, but today I did it! It took 35 minutes to memorise the shuffled deck and then 25 minutes to reconstruct the order with … Continue reading →

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