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• Da Vinci's hand impairment caused by nerve damage, not stroke

  04-05-2019 19:03
  A fainting episode causing traumatic nerve damage affecting his right hand could be why Leonardo da Vinci's painting skills were hampered in his late career. While the impairment affected his ability to hold palettes and brushes to paint with his right hand, he was able to continue teaching and drawing with his left hand. According to most authors, the origin of da Vinci's right hand palsy was related to a stroke.
  
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• I was taken into care at two years old – what really happened?

  04-05-2019 12:00
  The aftershocks of growing up poor affect me every day. I set out to solve the puzzle of my early yearsWhen I was a few months old, my father came to see me. We met up in a cafe in Aberdeen. It was winter. My mum often described the scene, how I was all wrapped up in a snowsuit, a baby Michelin Man. She said she sat me on the table between them and then pushed me towards him. “I can’t do this. You take her.”My dad, who was probably drunk and would definitely have been stoned, p
  
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