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    London BSL classes & practice

    June 19, 2026June 19, 2026

    Around 18 million UK adults are deaf or hearing loss (RNID). A June 2024 analysis says about 87,000 are British Sign Language (BSL) users. There are a number of dedicated courses and free signing practice groups for…

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  • The men who wouldn’t listen…
    By a strange quirk of fate, a certain day in 1876 happened to be the same day two important historical figures made the grade. Both...
  • The Deaf are foreigners in their own country
    This is from a news article in the Independent in September 1989. It had followed soon after the Deaf President Now! campaign at Gallaudet in...
  • The Abbé de L’Épée
    The Abbé de L’Épée is a revered figure in the history of the deaf. Presented here is a text from a popular French magazine published...
  • Ridicule (1996)
    Ridicule is a 1996 French film that features the Abbé de l’Épée. The film tells the story of the Abbé de Villecourt, played by Bernard Giraudeau....
  • Reality – and the Deaf
    Are humanity’s knowledge and traditions real even? What is true and what’s not? A recent video from Star Talk is interesting because it concerns the...

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