‘Ah, so that’s where the Hull Truck Theatre subtitles appear’ I surmised as I took my seat, off centre in the audience to have a good view of the screens situated on either side of the Heron Stage in Hull Truck Theatre situated in the centre of Hull, only a spitting...
Dusseldorf. The state capital of Germany's most densely populated federal state, North Rhine-Westphalia, has pretty awesome infrastructure and uniquely modern architecture. Not only that, it also includes traditions that still goes strong alongside its cosmopolitan...
'You're not going to travel around the world especially if you're deaf' A friend said to rain on my parade over a coffee when I revealed my intentions. I was still in my corporate job and I firmly declared what I would be doing six months later. I just gathered...
Don't you just love after-Christmas Sales? Everything and anything in shops up and down the country sees their prices slashed, giving us great sale opportunities for us to take advantage. The Action on Hearing Loss shop 15% off everything sale is one definitely to...
Don't you just love hearing that splash as you dive in (in my case, pathetically jump in) a world wonder whether it's Halong Bay in Vietnam, Lake Mahinapua in New Zealand, the rapids of the River Nile in Africa or quite simply a skinny dip in local Skeggy? I don't. ...
How do deaf people listen to music? This is the question I hear, pretty much on a regular basis. My answer? I usually say this: 'I'm normally sashaying my hips wildly, gesturing to the reflection of good old handsome me in the window of the tube carriage while I'm...
My eyes snapped open, jolting me out of my deep and I became terrified. The whole room flashed crazily red, white, green and blue. The bed was shaking and I thought I could hear a high-pitched whine that rooted me to my bed that tried to chuck me off. That was it. I'm...
'Why do I have my arm, elbow deep, in a toilet in Vietnam?' This is what I wondered to myself on one early morning in Nha Trang. See More: Mud, Sand and Slide in Nha Trang My fingers flexed searching for the errant item that has decided to leap to its murky watery...
**First Appeared in 'The Deaf Traveller'** During my globetrotting adventures, a topic of conversation keeps cropping up. My deafness. Or rather Deaf Awareness. This either comes about when someone notices my hearing aids, or I’m in a situation which requires...
'Make sure you go and travel the world while you're young.' My Mum imparted this advice to me when I was lanky 13-year-old pouring over maps with her to find out what the capital of Zambia was. She had seen my eyes light up as I greedily took in all the mapped...