Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Laura Hawksworth: What it’s like to play for the only deaf short-mat bowls team playing in professional leagues in England

October 22, 2014

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My short-mat bowls team is the only one of its kind in England; a full team of deaf individuals, with […]

“We are all on our own ultimately, and that is where my work comes from.” Meet Deaf artist and author Louise Stern

October 21, 2014

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You are an artist and an author – how much were you exposed to art and literature in your younger years? My […]

Journalist Liz Jones accused of “irresponsible journalism” as deaf charity finds no record of her having an official hearing dog

October 20, 2014

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The Mail journalist Liz Jones, who regularly writes about her deafness, has been criticised for saying that she has four hearing dogs. The […]

Diary of a Deaf Filmmaker, Month 4: Working with a hearing (god forbid) producer

October 20, 2014

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Something has become very apparent to me this month, and that is the importance of communication. So many things are […]

Dave Weeds: Why I’m running marathons on 7 continents (including the Antarctic) for the NDCS

October 19, 2014

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In 2008, shortly after turning 31 I wanted to do something ‘life defining’ that I could look back on in […]

Mark Nelson: Peak Access Theory

October 18, 2014

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Every Saturday morning, we are publishing one popular article from our archive, which you might have missed the first time […]

Go see: Sencity party in London next weekend!

October 17, 2014

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Ingredients: Seventeen team members. Five senses. Four elements. Two nights. Vibrating dancefloors. Aroma jockeys from Holland. Visual jockey from America. […]

Alex Nowak: How I set up Sri Lanka’s first Deaf film festival!

October 17, 2014

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British Deaf actor Alex Nowak recently set up Sri Lanka’s first deaf film festival in May. Here he tells the story: […]

Darren Townsend-Handscomb: 6 suggestions for the Access to Work Select Committee (who had no BSL interpreter yesterday)

October 16, 2014

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(If you want to skip straight to what you can do, go straight to the suggestions at the bottom.) Yesterday, […]

Richard Turner: Discovering music again with a cochlear implant

October 16, 2014

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I have always loved listening to music. When I was a teenager and in my early twenties living in Manchester […]