Victoria Brignell

Victoria Brignell

Victoria Brignell works as a radio producer with the BBC. After reading classics at Downing College, Cambridge, she undertook journalism training at Cardiff University. She lives in West London and is 30 years old and is a tetraplegic wheelchair-user.

Articles by Victoria Brignell

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Farewell: the final Crip's Column

  • 21 December 2010
  • 3 comments

In her final column for the New Statesman, Victoria Brignell reflects on what it has meant to write regularly on disability.

When the disabled were segregated

  • 15 December 2010
  • 4 comments

In the final part of her series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell explores the past segregation of disabled people in Britain and America.

When America believed in eugenics

  • 10 December 2010
  • 6 comments

In the second of her series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell investigates America's past enthusiasm for eugenics and the profound suffering this inflicted on disabled people.

The eugenics movement Britain wants to forget

  • 09 December 2010
  • 13 comments

In the first of a three-part series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell looks back at the way the UK and USA have treated disabled people and uncovers a history that both countries would prefer to forget.

How autism leads to genius

  • 29 November 2010
  • 19 comments

In the second part of her autism series, Victoria Brignell argues that, instead of wanting to eliminate autism, we need to accept that there really is no such thing as "normal" behaviour.

Two unsung national heroes

  • 19 November 2010
  • 1 comment

The scientists Henry Cavendish and Paul Dirac deserve to be much better known than they are.

The benefits of care

  • 09 November 2010
  • 1 comment

In the final part of her series on her personal experience of social care, Victoria Brignell explores the benefits of needing carers.

No robot could replace my PA

  • 28 October 2010
  • 1 comment

In the sixth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell describes some of her worst experiences with carers

It's been emotional

  • 12 October 2010
  • 2 comments

In the fifth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell explains the emotional effects of employing carers.

How to avoid a communication breakdown

  • 04 October 2010
  • 2 comments

In the fourth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell highlights the importance of good communication.

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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