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…
In the next few weeks we’re setting up an interest panel to provide feedback to major retailers and transport companies about how to best serve the less able community. We need people, who are opinionated and passionate about making experiences better for less able people, to get involved and join the panel. Whether it be…
A few of our readers asked if we knew of any accessible Spa’s so we’ve found some of the most stylish from around the UK and added our ratings on Accessibility: Cowshed Spa, Babington House “Babington House opened in 1998 for those who wanted to enjoy the countryside but weren’t prepared to compromise on…
David Bonnett is a prominent access consultant who has been involved in advocating and implementing inclusive design in many major building projects. Amongst other high profile projects, David was a key consultant in the refurbishment of the Camden Roundhouse and he works with Richard Roger’s practice on most of their projects. Here he explains the…
This weekend, one year on from the London 2012 Olympics, the stars of both the Olympics and the Paralympics are returning to the Olympic Stadium for the Anniversary Games – a three day athletics event. After two days of Diamond League Athletics – ‘headlined’ by Mo Farah, (hopefully) Jessica Ennis-Hill and Usain Bolt – the…
Apparently a baby was born this week and even I had a smile on my face but we won’t dwell on it as the story has been done to death. Instead I want to talk about Quasi Khasis. In the past week I’ve been to two places where I’ve been told there’s a disabled toilet…
The Bell is an old country pub in Waltham St Lawrence, we haven’t been there yet but we managed to find out that there are no steps into the building, which is good. However, there is one step inside that divides the main bar from the lounge which is at the back if the building…
This video of Dergin Tokmak dancing with his crutches is absolutely sensational. He’s an amazingly talented dancer and a shining example for anyone who is interested in dance, less able or otherwise. Tokmak was diagnosed with Polio when he was just one year old and has been paralyzed from the waist down ever since. But…
Hole in the Wall is a pub/restaurant in Cambridge and run by Alex Rushmer who was a MasterChef finalist in 2010. It’s like an old fashioned pub with it’s red patterned carpet but the food is wholesome and more expensive than you’d expect from such a pub. The Telegraph review says: “There were no foams…