Traveled by East Coast trains to Edinburgh. Very easy to get on and off, assistance provided and only £100 return first class. The Fringe Festival is more like a ‘grunge’ festival. I have never been in so many back offices/ kitchens in my life! Gigs at the festival have been mainly accessible but usually via…
Mo*vida is a very stylish bar/club not far from Oxford Circus with a sister bar in Dubai In Mo*vida there is a “raised DJ booth, state of the art sound system, 14 plasma screens and 15 meter LED Screen” and 50/60 steps down to the bar but a security member will carry you down… The…
Momo is “London’s original Arabic Den”, today it “encompasses Music, Food and Visual aesthetics”. When we visited Momo the food was great and Timeout said the atmosphere is “intoxicating and seductive”. When I could I went downstairs to the bar which had uber cool music. Momo has got very good disabled facilities and access as far as…
The 3 BBS Ticks are the gold standard for style and accessibility. Today we’re giving out 3 Ticks for the following… What To See I recently went to see the Oscar nominated film WHIPLASH and it was brilliant, even if you’re not a fan of Jazz or drumming. If J.K. Simmons doesn’t win an Oscar for…
Update on Budapest: Jo Knight has sent this review of the Gresham Palace, Four Seasons Hotel and as we thought, it’s worth the maximum 3 BBS Ticks: Stayed here for a long weekend. The trip was a gift from my son, and he had phoned to checked suitability of facilities for me in advance – so…
The Miro Hotel is located between Bilbao’s Museum of Fine Arts and Frank Gehry’s legendary Guggenheim Bilbao. The hotel is a member of Design Hotels which credits the building for managing to carve it’s own identity, architecturally, whilst surrounded by such ‘prestigious neighbours’. The hotel is named after Catalan fashion designer Antonio Miró rather than Joan Miró the famous painter and sculptor.…
Manchester is a thriving city and even more so since MediaCityUK, Salford, became home to BBC Breakfast, Match of the Day & Jeremy Kyle (OMG are they sure they want to advertise this fact). Nevertheless we thought we’d take a look at the top restaurants and assess their accessibility. First up is The French & Mr…
I love Midsummer House restaurant – beautiful location on Midsummer Common near the river in Cambridge. I used to go when I walked with a stick even though using the toilets was a struggle as they are up a number of stairs. The food was and is excellent and I am dying to try the…