Nestled in the picturesque village of Firle, East Sussex, from the outside Charleston looks like a traditional English farmhouse. However, its highly distinctive hand painted interiors reveal its past as the focal point of The Bloomsbury Group, led by the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Charleston is now a museum and its iconic interiors continue…
London Design Festival, ‘Celebrates and promotes London as the design capital of the world’ and we’ve got a round up of some of the standout design events and their accessibility for all. We look at exhibits that are focussed on disability as well as some that are just plain interesting. They are: 1. Please Feed…
Back in May we held The BBS MIX – a concert of mixed genres and abilities. Proceeds support a bursary at the Royal Academy of Music and in particular people who have invisible disabilities, something we wrote about recently. In its 4th year the 2018 version was no exception, having supported Fiona Joice who is a soprano…
Lucy Walker a new reviewer for BBS aent this review of The Dulwich Picture Gallery……………… ‘Tucked away in leafy Dulwich in south east London, Dulwich Picture Gallery is a hidden gem of a gallery. It’s certainly worth a visit for any art lovers who’ve not yet been; the first purpose-built public art gallery in…
The May Fair 2018 bridging the imaginary gap between disabled and able people…… Unlike ‘Florals for Spring’ The May Fair & BBS Mix Concert are groundbreaking! An all day event and pop-up that celebrates spring with inclusive design, music and products. Wed 23rd of May 2018, 16.00 – 22.00 At Charlie Allen Bespoke 1 Coopers Yard, London N1…
Update 2018: Correction to the article below, the World Disability Billiards and Snooker Association do have a tournament once a year that includes wheelchair and other players. A once a year tick for inclusion!! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Update 2017: Here’s a company that supplies equipment for disabled Billiards players, particularly those that only use one arm. It…
2017 Update: Below is our round up of Accessible Ski-ing in Europe and beyond, a chance to get away from Xmas preparations?! However, as an update we wanted to feature a place included in Barrier Free Travel, a scheme established by The German Tourist Office, you can visit the DKB-Ski sport-HALLE in Oberhof, Thuringia, Germany. It’s ‘Germany’s…
Update 2017: Having received two new reviews from a reader we thought we should update our information on Glasgow with regard to trendy places to visit and their accessibility. In 2014 we wrote about the Glasgow School of Art (See below) and it’s new Reid Building. At the same time the world famous Mackintosh Building…
If you’ve read this blog in the past you’ll know we were ‘guinea pigs’ for a new approach to accessible dancing i.e. wheelchair dancing with an able bodied partner – Inclusive Ballroom (see the previous article here). We were even featured on the BBC…… We loved it so much we hired the professional partners…