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The Secret Deafie: My fare-dodging confession

May 14, 2012 by

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Today’s Deafie is ready to confess… but […]

Roy Staines: How live subtitles ruined Boris Johnson’s election speech

May 8, 2012 by

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On Friday evening I was watching the climax of the Mayor of London election saga live on TV. I had […]

William Mager: Mocking the way Roy Hodgson speaks is not ok. It’s really not.

May 8, 2012 by

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Being an England manager and having poor command of the spoken word aren’t unusual. Sir Alf Ramsey had a strong […]

Haley Sadler: My advice for tackling bullies

May 1, 2012 by

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High school can be a nightmare. A lot of people get bullied for who they are and for being a […]

Asher Woodman-Worrell: How my friend Ben Thomson conquered university

April 25, 2012 by

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I was recently asked by the editor of this site to write an article about my university experiences, after appearing […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Does the word ‘deaf’ need to be redefined?

April 23, 2012 by

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This morning I was tweeted by Curtis Alcock, a partner in a Hearing Centre (where hearing aids and other services […]

The Secret Deafie: The rude Text Relay operator

April 23, 2012 by

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Today’s Deafie has sent us a transcript […]

Music and Me: Lizzie Ward

April 20, 2012 by

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‘Music and Me’ is our new strand where deafies write about their favourite tunes, whether current or remembered. Lizzie Ward […]

Ni Gallant: Pimping my hearing aids

April 13, 2012 by

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This Tuesday I had my first real experience of adult audiology when I visited Selly Oak HARC (Hearing Assessment and […]

Alison Leach: Labour of love

April 12, 2012 by

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It was a sunny day in April with blue skies dominating the skyline. I was 13 days past our baby’s […]