The Musical Lieutenant has sent us her story of becoming temporarily disabled on holiday this summer and her terrible trip home. It turns out that East Asia may be quite a lot better for wheelchair users than England is…. Over the summer, I was fortunate enough to go travelling in Asia. I was mainly in…
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…
The Pig & Whistle is an old fashioned pub, owned by Simon Rogan in the village of Cartmel, Cumbria. For a long time the pub was Rogan’s local – a classic country pub in the village where he set up his Michelin-starred restaurant, L’Enclume – and he has looked to maintain the place’s aesthetic since taking…
There’s nothing quite like sneaking into a nice warm pub to escape the cold and celebrate Christmas with friends and family. As we enter December and everywhere starts to book up in the run up to Christmas we thought we’d suggest some of the country’s finest pubs to go to, particularly with an eye on…
Here’s a review from BBS staffer Lucy who’s at university in Cambridge at the moment. She’s been sending us some news and reviews from “the City of perspiring dreams”: The Vaults is probably my favorite place to go but it has the worst disabled access I’ve seen up here…. They are a restaurant and a…
Recently, we’ve been running a series of posts, under the title ‘Access To Art’, which have looked at accessibility in the world of art. This week we were a little bit unsure about whether or not we should demean our subtitle by using it for a feature on accessible pantomimes. In the end we decided…
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…
With less than a month to go until Christmas the festive drinks season is upon us. If you’re looking for the perfect bar to go to but you need to make sure that you can find somewhere accessible, then this is the right place for you. We’ve assembled a collection of our favourite accessible bars…
The Michelin Guide for 2014 was published in October for Pubs & Restaurants in GB & Ireland and we thought we’d comment on the suitability of them for disabled customers – as they don’t include this!? We agree with the comment from The Telegraph that “Finally. Michelin shows signs of good taste the Guide has…