As she said at the end of last week’s article, Fiona is on holiday this week so she hasn’t been able to write her weekly update. She’s asked me to step out of the shadows of my role as editor and provide my own version of the Wednesday Wrap. I’m really just here to tell…
The Blue Badge Style April Fools’ Competition winner, Sophie, claimed her prize last Thursday and went for dinner for two at Trinity in Clapham. Self-proclaimed foodie Sophie and her equally foodie brother, Hugo, enjoyed a delicious dinner at the three AA Rosette restaurant. It was a well deserved reward for having to sift through all…
Recently Fiona Jarvis was featured in a local magazine called Living in Kew. She wrote a piece describing a day in her life and what exactly Blue Badge Style is. Unfortunately, due to a relatively limited distribution, many people (including Fiona!) missed the magazine. So we thought we’d reproduce it here. If you’re unfamiliar with…
Co-operative have recently made a great step towards making their cash machines accessible to the blind by introducing ‘talking’ cash points. On May 23rd they joined the wave of banks making audio-assisted cash machines available to their customers with 400 new ATMs going live. Talking ATMs deliver private, spoken instructions through a headset which is…
Here at BBS we think that the idea glamour in a wheelchair is completely achievable. To highlight this (and just as a bit of fun on a Friday afternoon) we thought we’d make a short list of celebrities who temporarily used wheelchairs. These stars showed that you can remain stylish even when you need to…
May 2014, Update on Colbert Brasserie, they’re downgraded to 2 BBS Ticks as at a recent visit I was chastised for not telling them I was in a wheelchair!! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Well folks I still have a hangover after the Buzz of Digital Shoreditch, I reviewed this in my last Weds Wrap. On the Thursday we…
May 2015: Cotidie has now closed but don’t worry It’s become a Viennese Cafe called Fischer’s, from the group that owns the Wolesley etc. Read the review of Fischers …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Cotidie is a new italian in Marylebone and The Relative Lieutenant has written the following review: Went here for the lunch special with kiwi Boy and…
Well I didn’t do much last week as my mind was wondering what I should say about ‘Why Modern London & Shoreditch Should Be Accessible’. It sounds like a ‘no brainer’, like why should Gay people be treated as equals. This was the subject of my presentation at Digital Shoreditch, ‘a celebration of creativity’. I came…
Hi, yet again I’m feeling ‘delicate ‘ in mid week – the champagne was flowing last night, but more of that later. Last Weds I mentioned I was going to the upmarket restaurant, Tom Aikens with the Musical Lieutenant. You can read the review here. however I forgot to mention my dessert which comprised of ‘poached fraises…