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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Society
Theatre nights
- 16 November 2009
Theatre facilities for the disabled have significantly improved but challenges remain
Society
The moral dilemmas of a museum visit
- 12 October 2009
- 2 comments
Is it morally right that I should benefit from a reduced entry price purely because I use a wheelchair?
Society
Accessible toilets
- 31 August 2009
- 1 comment
Why bog standard should be a fully accessible standard
Society
Fashion
- 30 July 2009
Those involved in the fashion world shouldn't forget that one of the most beautiful women in art is the Venus de Milo - a woman with no arms.
Health
Voice
- 05 May 2009
Victoria Brignell on Chelmsford, the power of radio and a particularly limiting aspect of her disability
Society
Penfriend
- 30 March 2009
- 1 comment
How a bond formed at 13 with an Australian penfriend led Victoria Brignell to embark on a deception that has lasted two decades
Health
Assisted death 2
- 20 February 2009
Helping people who are suddenly physically disabled so they avoid despair and learn to adjust and enjoy life might prevent tragedies like the case of Daniel James
Society
Assisted death
- 30 January 2009
The tragic death by assisted suicide of a young rugby player who chose to die because he'd been rendered paralysed raises all sorts of difficult ethical issues
Society
Dangerous disabled people III
- 08 January 2009
- 3 comments
Sinners tend to be more interesting than saints. Wickedness and wrongdoing seem to fascinate more than good deeds and gallantry, so instead of disabled role models...
Society
Dangerous disabled people II
- 07 January 2009
- 3 comments
Sinners tend to be more interesting than saints. Wickedness and wrongdoing seem to fascinate more than good deeds and gallantry, so instead of disabled role models...
