First published last year anyone know of new places we should review: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. If you were to make a list of European cities with the most individual, distinct and brilliant styles, then Barcelona would surely be near – if not at – the top of the list. Its unique modern architecture, owing so much to Antoni…
A Blog by daystar297 The peculiar relationship between music and deaf people has been given a fanfare of publicity recently with the discovery that noise-induced hearing loss may owe as much to genetic as any physical exposure. The Daily Mail tastefully offered this in terms of Beethoven’s hearing problems – a stereotype which may offer a convenient…
Sir Henry Cooper was an English Heavy Weight Boxer of the 50’s and early 60’s. A favourite with the public for his attacking style and the power of his left hook, “Enry’s ‘Ammer”. Famous for his knockdown (near knockout) of the young Muhammad Ali. So, if he’d had Blades would he have been nimble…
Update May 2015: Simon Rogan of Great British Menu fame and whose restaurants L’Enclume , Pig & Whistle (in Cumbria) and Mr. Cooper’s House (Manchester), we’ve previously reviewed, took the helm at Claridge’s in place of Gordon Ramsay’s departure 18 months ago. We received this review of Fera from BBS friend Paul, Lieutenant no. 1. The…
This weeks What If Friday is all about notoriety – The Kray Twins. London Gangsters of the 50’s & 60’s who committed particularly violent crimes and who as night club owners attracted a celebrity following such as Diana Dors & Frank Sinatra. They themselves became ‘bad boy’ celebrities. Would their father have been so keen…
We mentioned SoftWheels in a previous post and they are now on sale made in Israel they appear to have a Czech distributor. They allow you to manoeuvre over steps, rough terrain, kerbs etc. using hydraulic spokes. Not cheap they are: SoftWheel – Magnesium: 1 950 EUR/ pair + shipment (weight: 2 500g) SoftWheel…
Fiona once told us that she finds being on a boat actually helps to counteract some of the symptoms of her multiple sclerosis. “Because with MS you get a lot of coordination problems,” she explained, “I find that if I just go on a boat or anything which has an opposite motion to what I’m…
Here’s a summary of what we have posted on Facebook this week, just in case you missed it or you don’t have Facebook! Monday 25th May We started the week this week with an interesting video in which the world was one made for people who have varying disabilities. This means that the able-bodied people…
For those who follow us you’ll know we ran a competition in conjunction with Brunel University to ‘style my chair’, the student’s designs can be seen here. We put the designs to a vote and there were three winners – Expression Wheelcovers, The BackBackPack and the Honeycomb Cup Holder. We also promised we would prototype…