Google Glass is a new piece of technology that “has a camera, it speaks to you (and you to it), and gives contextual information about what’s in front of your eyes – in effect, an audio-visual information filter between you and the world.” Ultimately it is a wearable computer like in all the sci-fi films. It…
There’s a brilliant charity auction titled “A Dolls’ House,” curated by the property developer Cathedral Group. The collection features 20 dollhouses created by well-known architects collaborating with an artist. Their design must fit on a 30- by 30-inch plinth. More importantly ‘Each has to include one unique feature that makes life easier for a child with…
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…
Allyson Payne and her daughter went to the Birds of Prey Centre at Shuttleworth, Old Warden Park in Bedfordshire. Here’s her review on a day out with a difference: “Not only do they have a birds of prey centre there, including owls, condors, falcons, pelicans and storks plus other types of birds of prey but it…
Back at the start of the summer we asked for your stories & anecdotes of stylish nights out – just like the one the BBS Team went on?? The ‘Wheeled in Chelsea’ Competition. Well here is the Winner & Runner Up, both funny and moving/uplifting respectively well done to everyone who entered and we will…
This week’s Weds Wrap is coming all the way from my current location in sunny Ibiza. I’m over here researching stylish venues on the island at the moment. Yes, I know it’s a tough life but somebody has to do it. This is not a holiday though, I can’t stress that enough – we’ve been going here,…
Slowly but surely a new trend is ‘creeping’ up and eating insects is becoming more common in the Western world. To most British people the idea of eating a bug is strange or even outright disgusting but it’s actually quite common in other parts of the world. Countries like Cambodia and Thailand rely on tarantulas…
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…
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…