Update Feb 2017: Lockhart’s featured below has now left Marylebone and the premises are now occupied by The Gate vegetarian restaurant. To be reviewed soon. You may also want to visit Lurra in Seymour Place great basque food, see full review here. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The latest trendy village in London is Marylebone which stretches anywhere from…
At last designers are realising disability issues are mainstream and the ‘New Green’ i.e. the right thing to do. Here are some new designs that we think are really exceptional: 1st A project from designers Preistman Goode (we featured them before with the portable aircraft disability seat), The Scooter for Life produced as a concept to…
StreetXO is the long awaited entrance of ‘punk’, Michelin Starred Chef, David Muñoz. His restaurant in Madrid DiverXO, serves fusion cuisine that is presented as theatre rather than the stuffiness associated with Michelin Stars. In 2010, DiverXO earned Muñoz his first Michelin star, followed by a second in 2012. In 2013, the restaurant became the eighth in Spain…
Although published in 2014 we thought you should take a look at Kyrenia, N.Cyprus as it’s unusually accessible for a small island. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Just back from Kyrenia, N.Cyprus where I stayed at the 4 Star Pia Bella Hotel. Fifi in a 4star I hear you say!! Yes but it had excellent disabled facilities. They had…
This week the ‘D’ List – New Things in the World of Disability – reports on CES , the global consumer electronics and technology tradeshow that takes place every January in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2017 there were a number of devices spotlighted in the disability space. Here are a few of them: 1st Aipoly is a…
In our regular item the ‘D’ List we let you know of new things from the world of disability from design to fashion to news that makes a difference or makes us laugh. This time we’ve reviewed and trialled some stylish wheelchair gloves, we’ve found a useful resource that sounds like a periodical from Not…
The Bespoke* Access Awards 2016 were held on 6th December and the Celia Thomas Prize was awarded to our friends at Motion Spot and Ryder Architecture for a practical but nonetheless stylish hotel bedroom that was inclusive for all. The audience for the event at the House of Lords consisted largely of architects, access consultants and…
Update Dec 2016: We went to Fera at Claridges again (see original review below) and had a sublime tasting menu. Expensive, £110 for 7 courses but the quality was superb. Things to look out for are the ‘Seaweed cracker, lemon sole, sea herbs’ , the Cornish lamb, chervil root, crosnes, seeds and cocoa nib – best…
Update 8 Dec 2016: Here’s an update to the prices for the Batec Hand Bike wheelchair attachment, mentioned in the ‘D’ List Xmas presents below…. Batec Urban – £3,595.00 (Quad £3,895.00) Batec Electric – £4,995.00 (Quad £5,295.00) Batec Rapid – £5,695.00 (Quad £5,995.00) They also offer a Batec Manual @ £2,495.00 (Quad £2,795.00) and a Batec Hybrid…