Attention all classical music lovers. We have some inside details on a concert from an up and coming orchestra, taking place this weekend, at a stunning London location. This Sunday in Bloomsbury, The Aldwych Sinfonia are playing their first concert of the year, in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. This is a bright and youthful…
After seeing some truly shocking ‘disabled facilities’ in 2013 we’ve decided to launch a competition to find The UK’s Worst Disabled Toilet 2014. We’ve seen some really poor attempts to make toilets accessible and we want to name a shame the worst of these Quasi Khazis. We’re looking for you to send us your examples,…
The full results of recent surveys, conducted by Blue Badge Style, which reveal a good deal about the current state of accessibility and mobility equipment in the UK, are coming soon. We recently brought together a group of less able people and carers into our interest panel to ask them about the troubles they have…
After weeks of bitter dispute, Klaus vs. The Little Laplanders, the littlest biggest court case in the history of the North Pole, has ruled in favour of the elves of Santa’s workshop. The shocking result is this: Christmas 2013 is cancelled. The legal battle began this June when the elves decided that they had simply…
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…
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…
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…
At BBS we try to be impartial when it comes to Political Issues, however a piece of news on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) has come to light following a chance meeting in a pub near the Houses of Commons. The BBC reported on 26th October: Personal Independence Payments will replace Disability Living Allowance only for…