I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m running for President of the United States.

"I'm really glad the report's come out. It gives us a job of work to do, and we're going to take that very seriously" Department for Culture, Media and Sport Arts Minister Sir Chris Bryant (Chris Bryant) gives his initial response to the #TheStateoftheArts report findings. CCMPS Warwick Uni University of Warwick

Our statement in full solidarity with Black and brown communities in the face of fascist violence. 'It is not enough to condemn ongoing violence if we refuse to look at how we have normalised Islamophobic and racist state policies, discourse and media coverage'

The taxi rank at Sheffield Midland Station around 1900.

The longest sentence handed down to a violent racist rioter this week is shorter than the sentences imposed on entirely peaceful environmental protesters last month. Labour must repeal the Tory laws that treat peaceful protest more severely than violent disorder and assault.

The #BookerPrize2024 longlist features blackly comic page-turners, multigenerational epics, meditations on the pain of exile and so much more. Extracts from the longlisted books are now on our website to give you a taste of each story. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

This is #Sheffield, saying loud and clear: refugees are welcome here.

Favourite lie I've told my kids is that The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was only the size of a cat and had to have special clothes and shoes made just for him. They asked where he is now I told them someone asked him to hold their party balloon and he floated off into the sky

Can’t wait to see this! 💘🧪🗡️

Taylor Swift concert + BSL interpreter = A perfect Love Story 💛 Watch Swifties Ella and best friend Eloise enjoying #TheErasTour thanks to a brilliant BSL interpreter. Every child deserves a front-row experience! #BSL #BritishSignLanguage #DeafAwareness #TaylorSwift

Yay! Something to celebrate! Deaf people can access 111 in British Sign Language through SignVideo by Sorenson and finally get access to mental health crisis lines that have been inaccessible for so long!! signvideo.co.uk/nhs111/

It’s wild how most audiologists don’t know sign language & still push deaf people to lip read in 2024. They work with deaf and HoH people often, yet somehow believe knowing the most crucial form of communication isn’t essential for their job.

"The BDA proudly supports our Deaf sports players and athletes... In principle, the playing field should be level for all: that’s the foundation of fairness in the Olympics and Paralympics" Paralympics 2024: Why can’t deaf people compete?indy100.com/sport/paralymp…

Rachel Radford Lauren Fletcher-Harris Totally agree. Makaton is obliterating BSL in education. It’s a branded form of SSE but because some signs were changed and it was given its own name and identity it’s been bestowed with qualities it simply doesn’t have…(1)

Rachel Radford Lauren Fletcher-Harris Its founders made the unfounded assumption that BSL is too difficult and this has been allowed to persist for decades. SSE is widely used in Deaf education, in families and by Deaf people, either when in mixed company or as their preferred choice and it’s high time this was… (2)

Rachel Radford Lauren Fletcher-Harris … was properly acknowledged and officially recognised because schools and nurseries now offering BSL are disappearing and Makaton and Signalong have taken over.

Do you know why #WeAllSpeakEuropean? Join us on Thurs 3 Oct for an entertaining & enlightening talk by best-selling #Dutch 🇳🇱 #languages writer Gaston Dorren (Lingo, Babel...)! Tickets: dutchcentre.com/eventer/we-all… Thanks to our sponsor UCL Dutch 🙏 #WeekvanhetNederlands #EDLangs

There are only a few more days until the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist is revealed. 🎉 Join our livestream from from 7pm BST on Monday 16 September using the link below. 🔗 youtube.com/live/1AZXdkdJ3…