Here at Blue Badge Style it’s our aim to raise the profile of less able issues and to talk about accessibility issues. So we were very happy when we saw that The Guardian were following in our footsteps by posting an article about disabled access and less able performers at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The…
We all know that British people have a reputation for being a bit eccentric and it seems that some of our museums reflect this. Along with the standard art galleries and historical museums we also have a wealth of stranger, more specialist museums on offer, dotted around the country. We found out about the disabled…
Vanilla is a very chic private venue in Fitzrovia. We first came across Vanilla on the Worlds Best Bars website which describes it as “rather wonderful inside: all glimmering, glittering white with subtly shifting lighting and rippling water features.” However, although it remains on their website, Vanilla no longer operates as an open bar or restaurant but…
The next time I hear someone shout Alan I might just go crazy! Alan was the most popular name at the Isle of Wight festival this year, with just about everyone shouting it out all day and all night… Other than that very little managed to annoy me and I had an absolutely brilliant weekend…
Open air cinemas are booming at the moment, especially in London where there are tonnes of different groups putting on evening showings of some great films. Sitting outside, as the sun sets and watching a film is a perfect way to spend an evening and it takes away the age old problem of not wanting…
Berghain is a legendary techno nightclub in Berlin. It’s located in a former power plant so it has enormous rooms with gigantic dance floors. The style of the club is intentionally a bit run-down which is exactly how everyone must feel by closing time, which is normally well after sunrise. This is a club for serious,…
London is so full of interesting museums and galleries that often, with the massive places like the Natural History Museum, The Science Museum and The Tate being so well known, it’s easy to overlook some of the smaller one’s. But there are so many other interesting specialist museums out there. We’ve compiled a list and…
Pompeii Live is a first of its kind experience from The British Museum. On Tuesday 18th June the museum will be broadcasting an exclusive private viewing of its latest major exhibition, Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, live into cinemas across the world. It’s an exciting idea which makes the museum more accessible than…
The Summer Exhibition starts today at Burlington House and continues, throughout the summer, until the 18th of August. Now in it’s 245th year, the Summer Exhibition acts as a survey of what’s happening in all areas of the contemporary art world. It’s open to all artists and up to 10,000 sculptures, prints and paintings are submitted with the…