The Cow is a sweet little bar in Westfield Stratford, there’s a bit of a barn feel to the bar due to the use of wood and the very apt milk churns outside… Apparently it is the sister bar of The Bull in Westfield Shepard’s Bush, maybe I’ll review there next?! I went here not…
The Parcel Yard, is inside King’s Cross Station. I went there a while back and had a really good evening with a friend and some Hendrick’s gin… It’s quite a busy pub but because it is so big that shouldn’t make it hard to get around inside, unlike some pubs and bars which are a…
This August, Blue Badge Style is giving out loads of awesome prizes in our Wheeled In Chelsea Competition. Last week, the whole BBS team went on a trip to a collection of restaurants and bars made famous on Made In Chelsea. We called the bar crawl (which is what it ostensibly was – although a…
On Thursday the first of August BBS assembled a crack team of professional revellers to take on the Wheeled In Chelsea Bar Crawl to help launch our Summer Competition. We were going to go to five different venues that had featured on Made In Chelsea. The night would involve five people, four bars, one restaurant, one…
Gillray’s Steakhouse & Bar is in the London Marriott Hotel County Hall. The website says “We serve the best Aberdeen Angus steak sourced from English farms accompanied by the highest quality service.” We haven’t been there yet but from the photos it looks very stylish and we’ve managed to find out that their disabled access is brilliant too. Apparently,…
Joshua Hepple goes to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year in his wheelchair. He’s experienced all there is to see in terms of accessibility difficulties at The Fringe. Whether it’s being carried up stairways or tackling the cobblestones he’s been there and done it. We asked him to give us his expert guide to access…
There are some incredibly talented less physically able comedians at The Fringe this year. Basing their material, some more than others, around their experiences of living with their disability they show that although they may be physically less able, they are mentally a lot quicker and intelligent than most other people. We’ve found five to watch.…
Well last week was a story of highs and lows. Went to the fantastic Hedone restaurant, my TV broke and I went to a Tech Meets Creative event which was an inaccessible step too far ! On a positive note we had a great response to our call out for people to sit on our…
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s largest arts festival, begins on Friday. There are going to be an incredible 2,871 shows by 24,107 performers in 273 venues. So there’s a lot to see and do, but where can you go when you’re not busy at a performance? We’ve compiled a guide to an accessible Edinburgh Fringe. It’s…