My Gimpy Life is a hit online comedy series about less able people, by less able people and for less able people (although able bodied people will equally enjoy it). It’s been going for a while but we’ve only just come across it and want to share it because we really like its message and…
Last week Lieutenant No1 told me of good new restaurant in Holborn, The Holborn Dining Room at the luxury Rosewood Hotel, in Holborn of course. So I had to give it a review, however when I arrived I realised I’d been there before, it’s past life was Pearl restaurant run by Jun Tanaka. I had eaten there and…
This week has been a trial by pavement. My bones have been shaken & stirred and not in a good way. Firstly, I and the Mancunian Lieutenant decided that after a hair appointment in Richmond, we should wheel down to the Crown in Twickenham (great pub with fab garden see previous review). Little did I…
Blue Badge Style has become “a member of the British Hospitality Association in a bid to bring accessibility to the forefront of the industry’s attention”. They agree that “The Blue £ is set to get bigger” and Pictorial Access Descriptions are “a low cost way to improve the service they (hotels & restaurants) provide for visitors…
Tomorrow is the day of the most famous horse race in the world – the Grand National. Due to its length and the difficulty of its jumps, including the infamous Becher’s Brook and The Chair, the Grand National been described as the ultimate test of horse and rider. In a crowded field the forty jockeys…
This week I headed to Fitzrovia to try out the fantastic Ollie Dabbous’ new, lower budget, restaurant. Charlotte Street is a real haven for style seekers and discerning diners and The Barnyard proved to be no exception. First of all, the food was excellent – quite basic on paper but absolutely fantastically flavoured and brilliant value too.…
Bringing the retro boom into to the wheelchair market, the fabulous KPII is a brand new wheelchair with its roots very much in the past. Hailed as the first ever vintage wheelchair, the KPII is inspired by, and based on, the model used by King Philip of Spain, the man generally considered to have been…
To be able to invent, you need to be able to bring creativity and imagination together with logic and reason. These are all qualities that we like to think that we possess, but we’ve found some creations that are indicative of inventors who had a severely misguided sense of their own abilities. They’re a wide…
Here are our top ideas for stylish Mother’s Day presents that she’ll remember for the rest of the year. Or at least until her birthday and Christmas. Whether your mum’s able bodied or not, these should go down a treat this Sunday: Begin a new Mother’s Day tradition with a Pandora Charm Bracelet. They’re lovely…