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Liberty disability arts festival: Security ‘guilty of undemocratic leaflet ban’

By John Pring on 5th September 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, News Archive

Liberty disability arts festival: Security ‘guilty of undemocratic leaflet ban’
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A leading Deaf performer who was prevented by the mayor of London’s security staff from handing out campaigning leaflets during a disability arts festival has described their actions as “undemocratic” and “creepy”. David Bower had handed out some of the leaflets […]

Liberty disability arts festival: Mixed reaction from artists

By John Pring on 5th September 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, News Archive

Liberty disability arts festival: Mixed reaction from artists
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Disabled artists have given a mixed response to this year’s Liberty disability arts festival, which was overshadowed again by National Paralympic Day (NPD). A low-key line-up on the main stage, combined with continuing huge public interest in Britain’s Paralympians, put Liberty […]

BBC hopes plans will make it ‘top employer for disabled people’

By John Pring on 18th July 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, Employment, News Archive

BBC hopes plans will make it ‘top employer for disabled people’
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Performers and presenters have welcomed plans by the BBC to improve its representation of disabled people, both behind and in front of the camera. The broadcaster said its “ambitious” plans would “radically change representation on air”, and make the BBC a […]

Arts Council disability arts funding slumps

By John Pring on 11th July 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, News Archive

Arts Council disability arts funding slumps
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The number of disabled-led arts organisations with Arts Council funding is set to plunge by nearly a third. Arts Council England has announced that the number of disabled-led organisations that will be part of its “national portfolio” is to fall from […]

Liberty returns to Olympic Park for Paralympic festivities

By John Pring on 4th July 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, News Archive

Liberty returns to Olympic Park for Paralympic festivities
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London’s annual disability arts festival Liberty will return to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park next month as part of National Paralympic Day. It will be the second time that Liberty’s disabled artists have shared London’s Olympic Park venue with some of […]

Project will bring hidden history into the light

By John Pring on 13th June 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, News Archive

Project will bring hidden history into the light
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A new project aims to highlight some of England’s most significant disability history, charting disabled people’s lives from the middle ages to the late 20th century. The Accentuate History of Place project will tell the story of disabled people’s history through […]

Novice stand-up asks if audience are laughing with him… or at him

By John Pring on 30th May 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, News Archive

Novice stand-up asks if audience are laughing with him… or at him
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A disabled journalist has gone from novice stand-up to performing at London’s renowned Comedy Store in just two weeks, in a bid to find out whether preconceptions about disabled people affect how funny an audience finds their material. Paul Carter had […]

Slow subtitles make viewing experience ‘unpleasant’

By John Pring on 2nd May 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, Independent Living, News Archive

Slow subtitles make viewing experience ‘unpleasant’
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Delays in live subtitles appearing on screen often lead to “omissions and misreporting of information”, according to a new report. The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom this week published its first report on the quality of live subtitling, following a consultation which found […]

Unlimited offerings include party balloons, medical aids… and a designer asylum

By John Pring on 4th April 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, News Archive

Unlimited offerings include party balloons, medical aids… and a designer asylum
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Medical aids, party balloons and a “designer asylum” are just some of the inspirations for a series of new works that have been awarded more than £400,000 by the Unlimited disability arts programme. The three-year Unlimited 2013 programme this week announced […]

‘Amazing histories’ will help fill a gap in Cornwall’s past

By John Pring on 21st February 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, News Archive

‘Amazing histories’ will help fill a gap in Cornwall’s past
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A new series of video interviews with disabled people shows the kind of “amazing histories” that should be recorded for future generations, according to the researcher who has led the project. Remembering and Reflecting: Disability and Community in Cornwall, headed by […]

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