In this week’s newsletter: After a controversial awards moment thrust the condition into the spotlight, we look at the new biopic of John Davidson and the decades of portrayals that led to it
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'It feels like my brain is trying to be the class clown' - the reality of Tourette's ⊕
After a week of Tourette's in the spotlight, BBC News speaks to people with the condition about what it's like to live with.
BBC 'let down' Tourette's activist John Davidson by broadcasting his racist outburst, director claims ○
Davidson, 54, yelled the N-word at black actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo during the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London last Sunday.
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I Swear director says Baftas 'let down' Tourette's campaigner ○
Kirk Jones says he initially thought a slur shouted during the ceremony was not broadcast.
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Tourette’s syndrome tests the limits of acceptance - I’ve struggled with it for 30 years | Leyland Cecco ⊖
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The anger toward John Davidson’s racist Baftas outburst is understandable. But I’ve had to ask what I owe to others with the condition
I cover Canada for the Guardian, a country spanning six time zone…
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Piers Morgan brands Jamie Foxx 'shockingly ill-informed' as criticism mounts over actor claiming Tourette's sufferer John Davidson's BAFTA N-word controversy was 'unacceptable' ⊖⊖
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Piers Morgan has weighed in on the BAFTAs controvery surrounding Tourette's sufferer John Davidson - hitting out at critic Jamie Foxx.
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BBC orders quick investigation into BAFTA broadcast slur ⊖
British broadcaster has apologised for failing to edit out a racial slur shouted by a guest with Tourette syndrome.
BBC backlash grows after Bafta racial slur - The Latest ⊖
The BBC is under fire over its failure to remove a racial slur shouted by John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, from its broadcast of the Bafta awards. Davidson was heard shouting the N-word whil…
BBC says airing racial slur by Baftas guest with Tourette's was 'serious mistake' ⊖
The BBC's director general tells its Executive Complaints Unit to complete a fast-tracked investigation.
BBC to conduct fast-track investigation into broadcasting of racial slur from Baftas ⊕
Corporation says broadcasting of N-word by Tourette syndrome campaigner was ‘serious mistake’
The BBC is to undertake a fast-track investigation into the broadcasting of a racial slur aired during its…