Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Jo Hastings: The simple thing my daughter’s nursery did which made me cry tears of joy

January 16, 2020

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It truly is the simple things in life that make it a better place. Today I cried. I cried tears […]

Review: Midnight Movie at the Royal Court, starring Nadia Nadarajah

January 10, 2020

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Review by Donna Williams. Midnight Movie, a play written by Eve Leigh and directed by Rachel Bagshaw, ran at the […]

NHS ‘Help Us Help You’ campaign returns with accessible information (with BSL video)

January 8, 2020

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This winter, NHS England and NHS Improvement is relaunching its Winter Response ‘Help Us, Help You campaign’ to help the […]

Merry Christmas from the Limping Chicken team!

December 24, 2019

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Thank you to all our readers and supporters, plus everyone who has contributed to the site, from the writing team […]

Christmas Poem: Colin Thomson’s ‘Odd One Out’ (with BSL video)

December 24, 2019

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Watch Colin performing his poem in BSL below, or scroll down to read the poem in English. So this is Christmas […]

“Harriet has my hearing loss.” Meet: Samantha Baines, author of children’s book Harriet Versus the Galaxy

December 16, 2019

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Buy Harriet Versus the Galaxy via Amazon here. Congratulations on the book! What was the inspiration for the character of Harriet? […]

Carly Sygrove: Grieving My Lost Sound 

December 9, 2019

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It has been just over three years since my sudden hearing loss, which left me profoundly deaf in my left […]

Chris Bradley: How I became a deaf guitarist

December 3, 2019

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Over 10 years ago i saw that there were guitar lessons availlable at our local college at night school. I […]

Deafie Blogger: Christmas Present Inspiration for Deaf friends and families

December 2, 2019

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With Christmas fast approaching, I’ve come prepared with the best Christmas gift ideas for your friends and loved ones with […]

Maxine Clare: Why I organised Hearing Dog friendly cinema screenings in Hackney! 

November 29, 2019

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You know the story, it’s the same old one where you’ve been patiently waiting for a subtitled screening of that […]