This week I’ve spent all my time waiting in for deliveries. Shopping on line supposedly saves time and effort but it’s becoming as bad as going out in the ‘Xmas Rush’ – at least you meet fellow human beings that way, instead of people with a call script or worse still an inanimate voice telling…
Sophie Morgan writes how some ‘luxury’ hotels are not accessible – shock horror she should read some of our reviews. Check out the list, we get a mention as we gave them things to look out for using our Rating System of BBS Ticks. The article is “Christmas is CANCELLED: When Sophie morgan Wanted a…
On Tuesday the world watched on as world leaders, including Barack Obama, spoke at Nelson Mandela’s funeral. While they should have been concentrating on the moving words of the American President, many people were being distracted from or, if they were deaf, unable to understand what he was saying, due to the bizarre behaviour of…
For much of the past week I’ve been spending as much free time as possible trawling through the internet, searching for the perfect items for Christmas. This probably sounds familiar to many people out there but I’d wager that my search has taken a slightly different angle to most people’s. Most of us are, by…
Google Glass is a new piece of technology that “has a camera, it speaks to you (and you to it), and gives contextual information about what’s in front of your eyes – in effect, an audio-visual information filter between you and the world.” Ultimately it is a wearable computer like in all the sci-fi films. It…
With less than three weeks to go until Christmas, now is the time to really start thinking about doing some shopping, if you haven’t already. As we’ve said before, it’s not necessary when you’re shopping for a less able friend or family member to concentrate entirely on their disability. Nine times out of ten you…
Blue Badge Style founder, Fiona Jarvis, has been interviewed by the UK’s leading restaurant guide, The Good Food Guide. In the interview, published to coincide with International Day of People with Disability, Fiona talked about the top bugbears for less able diners, the ways to improve accessibility in restaurants and the aims of Blue Badge…
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…
Last saturday our Wheeled in Chelsea Competition Winner, James from Oliver James Garden rooms claimed his meal for two having written a funny piece on being partially bind on holiday in Sardinia – it involved a sun-bed & sun cream, give it a read. I chose Le Cercle for James and his girlfriend Jenny, however…