Around the Paralympics in 2012 we did a series of blogs on the stories of the athletes taking part, you can see them here. In the intervening years TV companies have started to realise that the success of Channel 4’s coverage is something to be imitated, if only because advertisers are realising we’re a community…
Fiona once told us that she finds being on a boat actually helps to counteract some of the symptoms of her multiple sclerosis. “Because with MS you get a lot of coordination problems,” she explained, “I find that if I just go on a boat or anything which has an opposite motion to what I’m…
The more you look around you the more you find that even the most adventurous activities can now be made available to people with disabilities. Whether it’s skiing down the sides of mountains, racing full pelt in motor cars or flying (even ) a plane, someone with a disability has done it and shown that almost anything is possible…
The Sports Bar & Grill, in the upper reaches of London Waterloo train station, is part of a chain of bars that pretty much do what they say on the tin. It’s an American style sports bar, where people can sit in front of the many plasma screens and watch ‘the game’ with a beer…
Update Jan 2015: Caxton Grill , reviewed below, does indeed have fabulous food and service, as well as an atmosphere that’s buzzy but not too loud. However, there are a couple of things to look out for: 1. The tables have balls on the end of their legs which meant I had to sit 12″ (approx)…
Yesterday, to tie in with the final week of the 2014 Formula One Championship, we wrote about the ways which less able drivers can take part in motor sports. But we decided, since the F1 are doubling up this week with double points, we’d do something similar. Here’s part two of our disabled motor racing…
All eyes will be on Abu Dhabi this weekend as the Formula One machine rolls into town for the final, title deciding, race of the season. After ten wins from eighteen races over eight months, fifty five laps of the desert track are all that stand between Lewis Hamilton and his second Formula One Drivers’…
To coincide with the start of the World Cup, we’re conducting a survey to find out a bit more about the football viewing habits of people who are less physically able. We want to know how less able people are watching the beautiful game and why. Basically we want to know if bars and pubs could…
If England is the birthplace of football, Brazil is very much its spiritual home. For this reason, many people would say that if the World Cup can’t be held over here, we’d prefer that it be hosted by the five time champions and pioneers of samba football. A Brazilian World Cup is like a dream…