Someone must know
Image by Brian Negus via Flickr At bedtimes, we have been reading Michael Morpurgo’s tale of blindness and Arthurian legends,Continue Reading
Tag: imagination
Running from the Spider-Baby
I’ve talked a bit about children’s ability to distinguish fantasy from reality. One much-loved child in the shape of anContinue Reading
Nah nah ne nah nah
I’ve been speaking this week to Isabel Berwick from the FT, who is interested in the particular phenomenon that isContinue Reading
Simulations that run on minds
I talked in an earlier post about the idea that we come to understand other people’s mental states through learningContinue Reading
Soren Lorensen was here
More adventures for precocious, adverbally-challenged Lola in Lauren Child’s I am too absolutely small for school. In this story, Lola’sContinue Reading
Confessions of a house-husband
I’ve stayed at home today, working on a novel and cooking pasta carbonara for the returning troops: Isaac from nursery,Continue Reading
All children are psychotic
Psychosis is a misunderstood term. Journalists are always confusing it with psychopathy, just as they often still insist that aContinue Reading
Waiting for Mr Claus
With a fender-bending crash, Lightning McQueen scores a victory against his old adversary, the battered NYPD patrol car that hasContinue Reading
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