If you read my comments on restaurants etc. you can see I’m frustrated by the lack of facilities and less able toilets in many places. However this comment from the disability charity Scope put it into perspective for me – there is always someone worse off than you! “Hi can you explain your version of…
We went to the Pitch Competition in Liverpool last week. Where budding entrpreneurs have 3 minutes to Pitch their business idea to a group of judges. We were down to te last 80 and now we’re in a group of 20 “Wildcards” for the Final. To win we need as many votes as possible so…
Download the new BBS Mobile App here iPhone/iPad – From the iTunes Store Android: From the Andriod Store It’s free (at the moment). It finds trendy/stylish places near your location and rates them with BBS Ticks . The rating looks at style/ambience, access & facilities. You can sort on any of these or just by…
There’s No Stopping Alex Our Latest Staff lieutenant: The Hippodrome is Kingston’s best nightclub. It caters to a variety of genres throughout the week, above and beyond the mainstream chart dirge. Thursday serves up New Slang, the premier indie night, whilst Saturday offers a myriad of classic tracks, spanning all genres. Many clubs fail to…
I think Disability Equipment manufacturers are missing a trick – we want our equipment to look good and ‘on trend’ in design terms. Most think we want to live with equipment designed in the 70’s. Robin Levien, Director of Studio Levien a respected Product Designer had this to say on Disability Equipment: “I do agree…
I am a lucky Londoner. I managed to get my hands on tickets for two Olympic events. As a wheelchair user, it is even more fortunate that the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games are set to be the ‘most accessible yet’ according to Transport For London (TFL). However, after testing out my route from…
I haven’t been to Smiths but it sounds great from the point of view of disabled access and facilities. When I called they said they had 3 disabled toilets, one on the ground where the bar is, one on the top floor and one on the first. It has four floors and there is a…
Located 30 miles to the South East of London we heard about The West House restaurant via various good reviews and chef Graham Garrett’s performance on The Great British Menu. It’s a small family-run restaurant in a 15th Century weaver’s cottage. They have 1 Michelin Star and but unfortunately they have no disabled toilet except for…
KOKO began life as The Camden Theatre and was opened on Boxing Day 1900. I went there when it was the Camden Palace in the 80’s and had many good nights there. It is now a venue for new musical talent and has been reviewed by Alex Taylor as he has a younger perspective on accessibility.…