The Kingham Plough is so highly rated by critics it has to be reviewed even though access is dubious. AA Gill says “The bar menu is as fine as any I’ve seen…anyone thinking of opening a local pub restaurant should come here and see the gold standard” Certainly looks cosy & stylish but we can’t…
The history of St. Valentine is unclear but one version of the truth is that he married Christian couples who were being persecuted in Rome. Helping Christians at this time was a crime and the Roman Emperor Claudius condemned him to death. He was beaten with clubs and stones; when that failed to kill him,…
Last week, we did a post about how difficult it is to find stylish walking sticks and crutches. We thought that that was a challenge but then we tried to find stylish mobility scooters! Companies building mobility scooters have to work not only to create a practical, functioning machine but also to make something that…
Pera is a relaxed Mediterranean restaurant in North London. The Epicure Lieutenant popped in to check it out. Here’s what he thought: I’m a little wary of Upper Street. It’s easy to be seduced by the endless shiny shops and cafes and to come away having spent way more than you planned and feeling vaguely unsatisfied. The…
The George is an (apparently) English themed hotel in Hamburg. It’s a member of Design Hotels so it must be very trendy. The English theme involves the hotel being decorated to make the guests feel like they are in an ‘English-style country house’. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to visit the hotel ourselves, so we can neither…
Update Feb 2013: Farringdon have a ramp for access and a disabled toilet so get a Provisional 2.5 BBS Ticks Bread street is completely wheelchair accessible.The restaurant is on one level with most of the tables being able to fit a wheelchair (except the bar). There is also a disabled toilet down a hallway from the…
We started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. This week, we’re featuring Wheelchair Basketball player, Sarah Grady, who has represented Great Britain at three Paralympic games. She’s written a fantastic…
Sanderson is a “5 Star luxury boutique hotel” in London. It has been “transformed by Philippe Starck into a surreal Cocteau-like dream world, epitomizing a “new luxury” that is smart, pared down, and tempered with a healthy dose of wit and irony.” We haven’t audited Sanderson yet but they said that there is a ramp…
The Royal Festival Hall is on London’s South Bank and “opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain, the Grade I listed Hall is one of the world’s leading performance venues”. There is easy to access to the Royal Festival Hall on both the East and West sides. In the West side there…