Researcher of #disability and #prostheses in literature. Co-designer of the #boardgame Legless in London (https://xitter.cf/t.co/FyXVq24hlz).
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📢 Legless in London is coming to Plymouth #boardgame fans! 🎲 🦵 Join us at Twist (twistbgc.co.uk) from 6:30pm on Thurs 10 April to: play the game for free, enjoy a welcome drink, and have a chance to win a copy! Book your spot bit.ly/twistleglessinlondon
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🎲Looking for a fun inclusive board game for all the family - Legless In London leglessinlondon.com, the exciting new board game set in Victorian London. ✨ Winner BEST Board Game for Impact 2025 @G4C We asked gamers to share their thoughts after playing Legless In London.
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belonginggame.com/ shortlisted for QS Quacquarelli Symonds Reimagine Education Awards 2025 in the Access, Diversity & Inclusion category! As the new term starts support your students with an inclusive, structured way to spark meaningful connection @UniofExeter @AdvanceHE
My good pal @BristolBeadz has started his own video game site. Check it out: MemoryCardUnlocked.com. I highly recommend checking out his first post: very powerful read about the power of games at difficult times.
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We only have three tickets left for our online event tomorrow.
Join us in exploring inclusive research cultures in higher education, specifically through the lens of disability.
Grab your ticket now: tickettailor.com/events/disa…
New event alert ✨ Join us in July to explore how we can shape inclusive research cultures. Find out more and book your ticket: tickettailor.com/events/disa…
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ALT A laptop on a desk surrounded by crumpled notes and papers. An overlaying title reads "Professional Services, Disability & Inclusive Research Cultures. And online talk and discussion by Disability Matters".
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Ben Marsh, @angelcakepie , Selena Scott and I enjoyed doing this @ARALearning workshop about #BillyWaters: take a look to find out about FREE resources for educators!
#BillyWaters @YaleBooks @yalepress @EnglishAssoc @LeverhulmeTrust @Waterloo200org
Richly deserved! 🙌🏻 I highly recommend this important book!
Thrilled to be able to announce that #BillyWatersIsDancing @YaleBooks @yalepress has received Honourable Mention in the 2025 @BAVS_UK -Rosemary Mitchell Prize! Congratulations to Maria Damkjaer as winner and Paul Fyfe for his Hon Mention - honoured to be in such fab company!
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🎲 The Best Board Game / Tabletop Game for Impact award goes to Legless in London by Focus Games — experience life as a lower-limb amputee in Victorian London. 🏆
I am so proud of what we have achieved! Many thanks to @UKRI_News, @SwanseaUni, @FocusGames, @G4C, and everyone involved. It’s been fab! Special thanks to our design and dev focus group: Rhianedd Collins, Lewys Tectonic, Claire Ryan, and Rachel Stelmach. leglessinlondon.com
🎉 We WON Legless in London announced Winner at the 2025 Games for Change Awards 2025 @G4C Best Board or Tabletop Game for Impact category! @RyanCSweet @SwanseaUni @PlymUni 🔗 leglessinlondon.com @UK Research and Innovation
#GamesForChange #BoardGames #Accessibility
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🎉 We WON Legless in London announced Winner at the 2025 Games for Change Awards 2025 @G4C Best Board or Tabletop Game for Impact category! @RyanCSweet @SwanseaUni @PlymUni 🔗 leglessinlondon.com @UK Research and Innovation
#GamesForChange #BoardGames #Accessibility
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Come and work with me and @jessamycarlson on childcare and New Labour! 4 year AHRC funded PhD opportunity here: swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/s…
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🚨 Our #G4C2025 Topic Tables are almost sold out!
These curated lunchtime sessions bring together changemakers from around the world to talk impact, innovation, and inclusion over a meal.
🗓 June 26–27 | 1–2 PM
🎟 Reserve your spot:
Day 1 → festival.gamesforchange.org/…
To celebrate Legless in London being a finalist in the Best Board or Tabletop Game for Impact category at the 2025 @G4C Awards, it is now available for just £29.99 (plus VAT) at leglessinlondon.com. The game is also available for £35.99 on Amazon: amzn.eu/d/37mK8WC
ALT A corner of the board of the game Legless in London, showing various location squares and a map of Victorian London. To the left of the board is the title of the game and the text “FINALIST” and “BEST BOARD OR TABLETOP GAME FOR IMPACT / GAMES FOR CHANGE AWARDS 2025”.
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🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Legless in London is a FINALIST at the 2025 Games for Change Awards 2025 @G4C
Best Board or Tabletop Game for Impact category! @RyanCSweet @SwanseaUni @PlymUni
🔗 leglessinlondon.com
#GamesForChange #BoardGames #Accessibility
V excited to announce that @FocusGames’s and my board game Legless in London is a finalist in the Best Board or Tabletop Game for Impact category at the 2025 @G4C Awards! We feel truly honoured! Thanks to all who have supported the project! thegamer.com/exclusive-here-…
ALT Legless in London, the board game, laid out ready to play on a worktop. The board depicts the streets of Victorian London with several locations on it. Around the board are locations cards. Also on the board are pawns and victory tokens. Behind the board is the game box with images of artificial legs and prosthesis users on it.
This was such a blast! Many thanks, Plymouth folks and Twist! Cool to see Legless now on Amazon too. Check it out via the link below. 👇👇
🎲We were in Plymouth at Twist Board Game Cafe Bar 🎲 Great evening with @FocusGames and @RyanCSweet playing Legless In London leglessinlondon.com, our new board game set in Victorian London. ✨ Thanks to everyone who came along. Available on Amazon amazon.co.uk/Focus-Games-LIL…
Guess who’s back??? Today was my first day back working at @PlymUni after almost 5 years away. I am so delighted and excited to have returned!
ALT The University of Plymouth sign on a plot of grass with grey historical buildings in the background.
Yesterday was my final day at @SwanseaUni. Many, many thanks to my amazing colleagues and brilliant students for a fun, enriching, and very fulfilling 5 years. The send off I was given was spectacular! I am so grateful for everyone’s generosity.
Thank you so much, Jo, for this lovely feedback about Legless in London, the board game (leglessinlondon.com). It was an absolute pleasure having you there last night! Many thanks for joining! @FocusGames
What a fantastic night!!! Many thanks to Twist Board Game Cafe Plymouth and all who joined. Check out Legless in London 🦵 at boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/… and leglessinlondon.com
💙🎲 It’s buzzing here at Twist Board Game Cafe Bar for the Plymouth launch of Legless in London, the board game. Thanks for coming out, folks! leglessinlondon.com @FocusGames