This week I had to go for a routine appointment at Charing Cross Hospital, everything went well until I left and being pushed along the pavement we were stopped by this: It was an uneven pavement compounded by a slab that was loose and was raised by a good 5cm. Good job I don’t have…
Lieutenant No 2 has insisted I give SAID in Soho a mention and having tasted their chocolate with Himalayan Salt, I can only agree to his request. This new branch of a Rome chocolate shop (SAID est c.1920) is in Broadwick St., Soho. The hot chocolate is displayed in little cauldrons behind the glass counter…
Attention all classical music lovers. We have some inside details on a concert from an up and coming orchestra, taking place this weekend, at a stunning London location. This Sunday in Bloomsbury, The Aldwych Sinfonia are playing their first concert of the year, in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. This is a bright and youthful…
Futures Life Skills Centre at Chailey Heritage Foundation houses a gym unlike many, if any, other in terms of accessibility and inclusivity. With so many people trying to get fitter this January, we’ve asked them to explain what goes into making their gym so special: This time of year many of us struggle to stick…
It’s hard to be hugely positive about the year ahead, or indeed about anything, in these gloomy days of January but we wanted to tell everyone to keep their chins up because 2014 looks set to be a really exciting year! There are so many massive events going on this year: some we see every…
The New Year is now one week old, so for all of us who resolved to be more healthy in 2014 it’s really is time to put our money where our mouths are. For a couple of reasons, this year we’re thinking of taking a slightly alternative route and taking up slightly holistic fitness regimes…
I was told about Libertine (in Winsley St. just off Oxford St.) a while ago as it’s one of London’s ‘Hot’ clubs plus it’s accessible with a disabled toilet – unique for a London nightclub. Access is via a lift to all areas of which there are 4: The ‘speakeasy’ style cocktail bar – Reason &…
The Wrap is short this week as I’m feeling a little poorly after a night out with the Blue Badge Style team. We started at Archer Street cocktail bar and then had dinner at Brasserie Zedel both as good as our previous reviews indicated. The American Lieutenant nearly got up and sang with the waiters…
With winter here and the ski season having just about begun we thought it would be seasonal to look around and present a beginner’s guide to disabled skiing. There are now only ninety-nine days to go until the Sochi Winter Paralympics so snowsport fever is likely to take hold in the next hundred days or…