Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Emily Howlett: Noticing the things I don’t always notice

August 9, 2012

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Since leaving the bright lights of London to return to the warm arms of the Derbyshire countryside (and Birds Bakers), […]

Deafinitions: ‘Deafferent’

August 8, 2012

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Deafinition: Often confused with ‘different’ (a word meaning ‘unlike, seperate, unusual, not the same‘). The word ‘deafferent’, when used to […]

Mija Gwyn: Confessions of a Deaffest coordinator

August 8, 2012

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What sort of job has you running around maniacally like a headless chicken working 14 hour days terrified by people […]

Emily Howlett: Being Charlie

August 7, 2012

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The time is nearly upon us, dear Readers, when we can collectively breathe a sigh of relief; Charlie will soon […]

Subtitle fail: Olympic swimmer’s surprising childhood

August 7, 2012

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With so much live action and drama, the Olympics have been a true feast of subtitle failings, and we really […]

Angie Aspinall: Finding a world of my own

August 7, 2012

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Today, I did something I’ve never done before… I woke up with a pounding headache. My tinnitus was wailing like […]

OLIMPICS: Limping Chicken Special Edition

August 6, 2012

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Perhaps you will have noticed that over the last few days a craze has been sweeping Britain, and indeed the […]

Watch: DefMotion in action!

August 6, 2012

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Back in May, deaf dance group DefMotion stole the show at Deaffest 2012 with an astounding array of performances through […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Government wage incentive for young Deaf|Volunteer in Sri Lanka|Crowdsourced subtitle rise

August 3, 2012

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Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! Crowdsourcing […]

Tamsin Coates: Teaching deaf children how to swim

August 3, 2012

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I am not a good swimmer and I’d always thought that when I eventually became a parent that I would […]