Valentine’s Day is all about romance: whispered sweet nothings, candlelit dinners, and long conversations that stretch into the night. For me—a deaf cochlear implant user—those “whispered” moments ...

Firstly, a disclaimer. Whilst I’m two years into my BA Deaf Studies after working in TV for two years, this article is not from a Deaf perspective. There are a lot of resources and commentaries on ...

My name is Michael Fellowes and I’m the author of Scarlet and the White. I became severely deaf through meningitis at the age of fifteen and went to Mary Hare school to do my A levels. As an ...

I grew up watching science-fiction movies where everybody used video calls: on big screens in front of the space ship control desk or a little handheld devices. Most of us never expected to have ...

Deaf poets performing in British Sign Language (BSL) or Visual Vernacular (VV) thinking of entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry need to be aware of rule changes, including that poems must be ...

Hello everyone! My name is Anna, and I’m a coach working with Deaf and Disabled people, and parents/carers of Deaf and Disabled children. I know that the term ‘coach’ can feel unclear, so in this ...

Hi everyone, my name is Andie Vowles and I am based in the North West of England. I am profoundly Deaf from birth and use British Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language. Growing up, I was mainly ...

In the mid 1980s I signed a publishing contract with Book Publisher A for my autobiography about deafness, which I titled The Dragonfly. It had a subtitle with the word ‘deaf’ in it somewhere so it ...

I didn’t expect my Grandad’s funeral to be the place where this realisation hit me. Funerals are meant to bring clarity aren’t they? They are supposed to be the end of a chapter. Instead, I sat there ...

First and foremost, Hello and Happy New Year 2026 to everyone! I’m Paola, hearing mum to Everly, my gorgeous 4-year-old Deaf daughter. Everly was born profoundly deaf and her first language is BSL ...

When I read Sally Austen’s article on The Limping Chicken about deaf mental health services, I found myself nodding along. She’s absolutely right: the system we have doesn’t make sense. In some places ...

It’s December — the season of advent calendars, “Elf on the Shelf” cheekiness and the mad scramble to book Santa visits before Christmas. For many families, a trip to see Santa or to watch a festive ...