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Dolly Sen as Freud

Birdsong from Inobservable Worlds

April 23, 2021 - by

I am thrilled to be one of the recipients of the latest Unlimited awards, partnering with the Wellcome Trust. I saw the shortlist of the amazing projects of other artists and feel lucky I was chosen. I must thank my lovely producer Caroline Cardus for her hard work putting ...

algorithms were completely banjaxed and as a consequence of that shelves were empty

April 13, 2021 - by

  our first found-poem from year one of the current pandemonium - no edits, just layerings outta sane-world tm we been sheltering from - 4million+ gove-mental letters for april fools thanking us shielders ...

New and Old Tesco Delivery Men

More Tesco Delivery Men and a live gig!

April 13, 2021 - by

I wasn't going to take any more photos. I was going to move on from this blog but my latest delivery man was a regular and keen to show his trainee the woman in Peckham who writes a blog for Disability Arts Online and takes pictures of delivery men. How ...

A caricature of Frank Bangay holding a microphone in front of a colourful back drop

Going in search of Frank Bangay

April 8, 2021 - by

With thanks to George Tahta for the title of this blog One of the hardest things about lockdown and the whole crisis we’ve been going through has been the number of deaths we’ve had to face without access to a funeral or the chance to say goodbye. It’s the unreality of ...

Liz, The Tesco Delivery Man and The Grape Reset

Liz, Tesco Delivery Man and the Grape Reset

March 9, 2021 - by

Nearly twenty years ago, with financial help from the Millennium Awards, I set up weekly writing as therapy workshops for people with MS, ME, any other autoimmune disease, and carers. It was called ‘ManuScript Expression’. We met in a pod at the top of Peckham library. My mantra as the ...

cartoon about news bias

Crippen asks – Bias or what?!

February 12, 2021 - by

The Right-wing influences are at it again with two new appointments to high ranking roles within the broadcasting industry and the launch of a new TV channel that has raised more than a few eyebrows. Disability Arts Online ·

cartoon of West African disabled children

Crippen discovers that prejudices and superstition still exists

February 2, 2021 - by

I’m currently in the process of completing a project for DAO called ‘A history of disability - including the involvement of disability arts’. It has involved researching attitudes towards disabled people over the centuries including the many prejudices and superstitions that existed.

cartoon about the first CRIP award

Crippen makes the first CRIP Award for 2021

January 30, 2021 - by

You will remember that I blogged a few weeks ago about an alternative to the New Year’s honours awards that the establishment hand out at the beginning of every year. Disability Arts Online ·

cartoon about National Disability Strategy survey

Crippen and the National Disability Strategy Survey – Part 2

January 25, 2021 - by

Following on from my last Blog about the National Disability Strategy Survey (NDS), several disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have complained directly to Justin Tomlinson, the Minister for Disabled People. Disability Arts Online ·

cartoon about disability survey

Crippen and the National Disability Strategy Survey – Part 1

January 25, 2021 - by

The launch of The UK Disability Strategy Survey has brought mixed reaction from fellow Crips and our groups and organisations (DPOs). Disability Arts Online · Disability ...