Lucy Webster

Jul 26, 2024 | ca.style.yahoo.com | Lucy Webster

Do I look like I care? … Kyla Harris and Elena Saurel star in We Might Regret This.Photograph: Linda Nylind/The GuardianThere is a scene in We Might Regret This that made me truly laugh, but not because it was funny. The BBC comedy follows Freya, a young woman who uses a wheelchair, played by Kyla Harris, who also co-created the series.

Jun 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Lucy Webster

If disabled people were represented in politics according to their proportion of the UK population, there would be about 136 disabled MPs. There were, in fact, just five in 2021. Or, at least, only five who publicly identified as disabled. Even assuming there were a few more disabled MPs who hadn’t declared themselves as such, it is an extremely poor showing. The disproportionately low figures (disabled people make up about 21% of the population) are hardly a surprise.

Jun 3, 2024 | hdlne.me | Lucy Webster

If disabled people were represented in politics according to their proportion of the UK population, there would be about 136 disabled MPs. There were, in fact, just five in 2021. Or, at least, only five who publicly identified as disabled. Even assuming there were a few more disabled MPs who hadn’t declared themselves as such, it is an extremely poor showing. The disproportionately low figures (disabled people make up about 21% of the population) are hardly a surprise.

May 13, 2024 | thepersistent.com | Lucy Webster |Alona Ferber |Emma Haslett

Maternal Care — 4 min read “It was a planned c-section, but when she came out, she wasn’t breathing.” “No-one had thought to turn on the oxygen in the operating room.” “He wasn’t crying.”“I was losing too much blood.” “They took her away.” “They said I was just being anxious.”This is how birth trauma stories come out. Often in a whisper, over a coffee, on the benches at the playground, on the sidelines at baby group. That is, if the stories come out at all.

Apr 30, 2024 | theguardian.com | Lucy Webster

Arthur Hughes wants to go on adventures. “When I was little,” he says, “I loved films. I loved Jurassic Park. I loved Back to the Future. I loved things I probably wasn’t supposed to watch, like Predator. And then of course I loved all the Disney classics. To go to a world that isn’t your own is so exciting.