The Weekend Selection: The heroes and villains edition

Posted on August 10, 2013 by



Here are the top five new blogposts from the previous 7 days.

  1. Charlie Swinbourne: Britain’s medal-winning Deaflympics heroes deserve recognition, not silence
  2. Ask the Chicken: My Deaf boss is making working life really difficult
  3. Deaf News: Doctor who pretended to be deaf is allowed back to work
  4. Emily Howlett’s Diary of a Deaf Mum: The Ten Commandments (according to my baby son)
  5. Meet: Rinkoo Barpaga, Britain’s next Deaf stand-up comedian!

The top three most viewed stories not written this week were:

  1. Charlie Swinbourne: The 10 annoying habits of hearing people
  2. Deaf man enters Big Brother house! Only to have his hearing aid batteries incinerated live on TV
  3. Deaf News: Deaf community in mourning for actor Vitalis Katakinas

Thanks to our readers, contributors and supporters.  Check us out next week when, rain or shine, we’ll be back with more top news and views from the deaf world.

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