Yesterday we profiled how it has become easier for less able people to drive a car. Today we’re going to go one step further and tell you about Aerobility – the charity dedicated to teaching disabled people how to fly a plane. If space is the final frontier, then the skies are surely the penultimate…
We are called Blue Badge Style so it would be amiss of us not to take a look into stylish accessible vehicles at some point. For a long time the notion of a stylish wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) was a completely alien concept. But nowadays there are far more options out there for less able…
Nightjar is a speakeasy style bar close to Old Street Station in London. They are extremely dedicated to producing the best cocktails possible – rumour has it that the team turn up several hours before opening time to prepare. The drinks are divided into different eras: Pre-Prohibition, Prohibition and Post-War as well as Nightjar Signatures. In…
Sophie Elwes sent this review about the ME Hotel that we previously reviewed here. “After dinner near The Strand, some friends and I wanted to venture elsewhere for some drinks in a bar. As I am in a wheelchair it was a bit of a gamble as to access and disabled facilities. My friend works…
Yashin Sushi is a very classy sushi restaurant in Kensington. It has a very good reputation and was included in Time Out’s list of the best 5o restaurants in London. There they said that “a meal at Yashin may not be cheap, but it’s an experience not to be missed.” On one of the restaurant’s walls,…
It’s all over. The entire country’s annual, two week long obsession with tennis came to a glorious end on Sunday and our 77 year wait for a British Wimbledon Men’s Champion finally finished with it. What a crazy day it must have been for Andy Murray (by all accounts, soon to be Sir Andy Murray) becoming such…
Update on Champagne & Fromage , a further visit discovered that the disabled toilet was another ‘Quasi Khasi’ i.e. just about get a wheelchair in but no grab rails so they are now downgraded to 2 BBSTicks. Shame. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. What a week I went to Charing X hospital without an escort and managed the lifts…
Little Social is a French Bistro-style restaurant in Mayfair. It’s a Jason Atherton restaurant located just across the road from his flagship place – Pollen Street Social (see previous review). Atherton has some serious credentials. He was the first British chef to do a stage at El Bulli and he also worked with Gordon Ramsay for a long…
Figures showing a rise in disability hate crime are truly shocking: 9 out of 10 people with learning disabilities are victims of disability hate crime according to Mencap‘s research. There has been a rise in the number of hate crimes with 1,942 recorded in 2012 – that is a 14% rise since 2010 – according to…