Slowly but surely a new trend is ‘creeping’ up and eating insects is becoming more common in the Western world. To most British people the idea of eating a bug is strange or even outright disgusting but it’s actually quite common in other parts of the world. Countries like Cambodia and Thailand rely on tarantulas…
Well it’s very quiet at this time of year in London i.e. I’ve got no-one to go out with. I had an abortive lunch at Bocca Di Lupo, Piccadilly which I really want to go to as it’s had great reviews and is THE place to go at the moment. Lieutenant No.1 went there and…
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…
Sorry, but not much happened last week after the Wheeled in Chelsea event. I nursed a hangover for many days this week as Lucy and I had carried on at Beaufort House, after the rest of the team had gone home, drinking Mojitos and waiting for our taxi. See the pic below for a sense…
This August, Blue Badge Style is giving out loads of awesome prizes in our Wheeled In Chelsea Competition. Last week, the whole BBS team went on a trip to a collection of restaurants and bars made famous on Made In Chelsea. We called the bar crawl (which is what it ostensibly was – although a…
Well last week was a story of highs and lows. Went to the fantastic Hedone restaurant, my TV broke and I went to a Tech Meets Creative event which was an inaccessible step too far ! On a positive note we had a great response to our call out for people to sit on our…
In the next few weeks we’re setting up an interest panel to provide feedback to major retailers and transport companies about how to best serve the less able community. We need people, who are opinionated and passionate about making experiences better for less able people, to get involved and join the panel. Whether it be…
A few of our readers asked if we knew of any accessible Spa’s so we’ve found some of the most stylish from around the UK and added our ratings on Accessibility: Cowshed Spa, Babington House “Babington House opened in 1998 for those who wanted to enjoy the countryside but weren’t prepared to compromise on…
Apparently a baby was born this week and even I had a smile on my face but we won’t dwell on it as the story has been done to death. Instead I want to talk about Quasi Khasis. In the past week I’ve been to two places where I’ve been told there’s a disabled toilet…