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Review: Take Me Somewhere digital festival offers mild, meditative musings

May 27, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow’s contemporary international performance festival, is available in both online and in the Scottish city this year. […]

Deaf News: Jonny Cotson and Signkid to produce new films for BBC’s ‘Culture in Quarantine’

May 13, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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Deaf performers Kevin ‘Signkid’ Walker and Jonny Cotson have been commissioned to create new works for the BBC’s Culture in Quarantine […]

Deaf News: SignHealth launches new domestic abuse research project

May 5, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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The deaf health charity SignHealth will carry out new research into services and support available to UK Deaf women who […]

Interview: Deaf actors William Grint and Bea Webster on ‘The Winter’s Tale’

April 29, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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After the coronavirus pandemic brought the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) production of The Winter’s Tale to a standstill before performances began, […]

Deaf News: British Deaf Association apologises following International Women’s Day controversy

April 14, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The British Deaf Association (BDA) has apologised after controversy surrounding a panel event the charity staged for International Women’s Day. […]

Revealed: 17 BSL-interpreted COVID-19 press briefings disappear from BBC iPlayer

April 8, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Seventeen coronavirus press briefings delivered by the UK Government have disappeared from BBC iPlayer, The Limping Chicken can reveal. Upon searching […]

Exclusive: Hopes rise that BSL interpreter will be provided for government’s White House style press conferences

March 25, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Hopes are rising that the UK Government’s new televised press conferences will come with British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation, after […]

Interview: Deaf artist Vilma Jackson on her new project, ‘The Vilma Jackson Show’

March 23, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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Deaf artist Vilma Jackson is aware that the poor representation of the Black Deaf community requires acknowledgement, debate and action, […]

Deaf News: #WhereIsTheInterpreter reaches fundraising goal as campaign hits £20,000 target

March 19, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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An online fundraising campaign for #WhereIsTheInterpreter has today reached its target of £20,000 to challenge the UK Government’s refusal to […]

Liam O’Dell: The Government’s new bill gives Deaf people more rights, but may threaten our right to protest

March 15, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill finally allows Deaf jurors to have a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter […]