You may or may not know London Cocktail Week started on Monday. Unfortunately, much as I’d like to, I haven’t been able to drop everything and spend the last few days in a Martini-fueled haze, wheeling around the city and enjoying the festivities. Instead, for much of the first few days of LCW, I’ve been holed…
These days, when we talk about controversy and Oscar Pistorius we tend to think about the tragic events which took place last February. So shocking was that story that we tend to forget that there was another controversy surrounding him, his prosthetic blades and London 2012. Eventually, he would become the first Paralympian to compete…
Disabled toilets seem to be a great source of comedy for those who have the bravery and talent to get it right. Fortunately Larry David is pretty much a genius so this running joke in Curb Your Enthusiasm is hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgedBRXw7fY But what do you think about the portrayal of the guy in the wheelchair…
Check out this video from series 2 of The IT Crowd. We think it’s pretty funny but it also made us wonder – when do you cross the line with this sort of thing? In this instance we think it’s OK – the joke’s on him and anyone who’s seen this episode will know that…
Have you had enough of daft disabled facilities, ludicrous less able loos and ridiculous ramps like this? Then maybe you should join our Research Panel! We are going to get opinions on everything from access in shops to disabled toilets to transport to sport to disabled equipment…. that is anything and everything that matters to you. We…
In the old days, of really not that long ago, anybody who needed a prosthetic arm had to make do with the limited possibilities available. The incredible complexity of the human hand seemed, so recently, to be the sort of thing that only science fiction, not science, could replace. It was one thing for Luke Skywalker…
Last week we posted some truly tragic examples of Ridiculous Ramps which nobody in a wheelchair would ever consider to be accessible. Today we’re following up those examples of bad access with the ‘quasi khazis’ – ‘accessible toilets’ which for one reason or another are completely unusable. If you experience any examples of Ludicrous Loos like this,…
As we’ve mentioned ad infinitum we were at The Pitch 2013 last week in Bristol, to get investment for BBS, fingers crossed. As a result we awarded some places BBS Ticks of recommendation. Theses are based on accessibility, facilities & of course style (see here for a full explanation of the Rating System). They all…
Tamarind is in Mayfair, London and is a Michelin Star Indian restaurant. Their “food philosophy is driven by a desire to present eclectic and expansive Indian repertoire, bursting with flavours and originality, as a multi-sensory dining experience.” Unfortunately the access at Tamarind isn’t great… There are 22 steps down to the restaurant and no lift and…