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Shane Gilchrist: The House on the Hill is Alive with Signing! Sign Language Act passed in Northern Ireland (BSL)

July 9, 2026

On 28th April 2026 in Belfast, something remarkable happened on the front steps of Stormont. The deaf community travelled in […]

Chris Harrowell: Lipreading through Botox and friendly donkeys (BSL)

June 25, 2026

Following Rebecca’s great article on Lipreading, as a lifelong lipreader I can fully relate to things like beards, facemasks, chewing […]

Elisa Nuevo Vallin: Why the support behind a CSW matters more than many Deaf students realise (BSL)

June 11, 2026

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Every September, thousands of Deaf students return to colleges, universities, apprenticeships, and training courses across the UK. And every September, […]

Paul Miller: How Signs Alive Festival in Sunderland will bring deaf creativity to life (BSL)

May 14, 2026

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Signs Alive Festival is a brand-new, family-friendly arts festival taking place in Sheepfolds Stables, Sunderland on Sat 27– Sun 28 June […]

Double award wins for Bim Ajadi, Ted Evans, and TV series Reunion at Deaffest’s 10th Film and TV awards (BSL)

May 12, 2026

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At the 10th Deaffest film and TV awards on Saturday night in Wolverhampton, a star-studded night of entertainment and awards […]

BDA report highlights investment impact of BSL (BSL)

March 25, 2026

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Teaching of British Sign Language (BSL) to young deaf children and their families delivers an impressive economic return on investment, […]

Dr Sally Austen: Has video conferencing helped Deaf mental health care? (BSL)

February 20, 2026

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I grew up watching science-fiction movies where everybody used video calls: on big screens in front of the space ship […]

Lisa Kelly: Building on foundations for deaf poets entering Forward Prizes for Poetry (BSL)

February 18, 2026

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Deaf poets performing in British Sign Language (BSL) or Visual Vernacular (VV) thinking of entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry […]

SignHealth chosen as this month’s BBC Lifeline charity (BSL)

January 29, 2026

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SignHealth has been selected as a BBC Lifeline charity of the month. Watch in BSL below: The Lifeline episode announcing […]

Bencie Woll: Language impairments in the development of sign: Do they reside in a specific modality or are they modality-independent deficits? (BSL)

January 23, 2026

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Limping Chicken are sharing a range of lay summaries for research by DCAL (Deafness Cognition and Language Centre), here is […]