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This weekend I paid another visit to the wonderful city of Derby. I had been invited to come up and speak at the launch of the new Speaker’s Corner in the city square. It’s a great idea. If you live in the area, get yourself down there and get your
Read More about Thoughts of Chairman Mikby Mik Scarlet
Right, it seems that the entire media wants to focus on the tragedy of the disabled, whether we have managed to triumph over it or not. I have always been against this kind of coverage but it seems that people who agree with me are being ignored. So if everyone
Read More about How do you like dese tragedy?by Mik Scarlet
Hi Everyone. Sorry for going quiet recently. I’m crazy busy at the minute, getting ready for the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies. I can’t say any more, as we all want to keep the secret, but it’s going to be huge. I’m also writing a series of pieces for Time Out about
Read More about Busy, Busy, Busy!!!!by Mik Scarlet
I just had to put finger to keypad to express my feelings over a phenomenon that has recently appeared on the nation’s TV screens… adverts featuring disabled people! During my career in the media, which will enter it’s 25th year in 2013, I have discussed the lack of disabled people
Read More about Whatever next?by Mik Scarlet
Last Thursday I had the honour of being the compare and master of ceremonies at the launch event of the UK’s biggest festival of Disability and Deaf arts, DadaFest. Held at the Bluecoat in Liverpool, this event marked the start of two months of the very best that the
Read More about DadaFest 2012by Mik Scarlet
I am currently at the start of a marathon encoding session, with a pile of old VHS tapes filled with some of the programs I recorded for TV. I thought I’d lost them, but my Mum found them all in the loft of our family home. It’s weird experience watching
Read More about The Upload begins….