This review has been sent to us by James Plummer, a friend of BBS. “The place is a private members club and part of a global chain (Soho House) with venues in the UK, Germany, the US, Canada and most recently, Turkey. Shoreditch House is one of several venues in London and is the…
20th July was the launch of the National Wheelchair Leadership Alliance’s Right Chair, Right Time charter. We totally agree with this campaign and Baroness Grey Thompson (Tanni) is behind it. She says “For too long wheelchair services have been inadequate and it is time that wheelchair users are listened to and provided a proper service,…
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…
Ayrton Senna is the next on our list for the What If treatment. A good looking Brazilian racing driver who died in 1994 at the Formula One event in San Marino. He came from a wealthy background and raced in Formula One for just 10 years before he died. During that time and since, he…
Next in our What If Series is Lauren Bacall . Known for her sexy voice and sultry good looks she was Part of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Famous for her Film Noir roles such asThe Big Sleep, Key Largo and Dark Passage, she married Humphrey Bogart and they became the original Hollywood power couple. She had a distinctive…
A Blog by daystar297 The peculiar relationship between music and deaf people has been given a fanfare of publicity recently with the discovery that noise-induced hearing loss may owe as much to genetic as any physical exposure. The Daily Mail tastefully offered this in terms of Beethoven’s hearing problems – a stereotype which may offer a convenient…
Sir Henry Cooper was an English Heavy Weight Boxer of the 50’s and early 60’s. A favourite with the public for his attacking style and the power of his left hook, “Enry’s ‘Ammer”. Famous for his knockdown (near knockout) of the young Muhammad Ali. So, if he’d had Blades would he have been nimble…
This weeks What If Friday is all about notoriety – The Kray Twins. London Gangsters of the 50’s & 60’s who committed particularly violent crimes and who as night club owners attracted a celebrity following such as Diana Dors & Frank Sinatra. They themselves became ‘bad boy’ celebrities. Would their father have been so keen…