The first thing we need to say is that although someone is disabled they of course want to keep their own sense of style. They still like the same things and appreciate the same gifts as anyone else such as lovely smellies, cool fashion items, jewellery/watches, chocolates, computer games etc.. But if you want some…
Awards – why do they never feel inclusive? The Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards were held in June this year. They……… “celebrate the brilliance and vibrancy of the UK’s eating out scene, and reward the very best chefs, front of house staff and restaurants the country has to offer”. We agree the UK scene is…
London Design Festival, ‘Celebrates and promotes London as the design capital of the world’ and we’ve got a round up of some of the standout design events and their accessibility for all. We look at exhibits that are focussed on disability as well as some that are just plain interesting. They are: 1. Please Feed…
Update Sept 2018: The Begging Bowl have sent photos of their disabled toilet and say wheelchair users have had no problems with it but they’ve “had a few worries about advertising our toilet as a disabled facility and wondered if you could help me decide if it is. We have handle bars on either side…
On a recent trip to France, I stayed near the picturesque town of Nanteuil-en-Vallée in the Charente Department. If any BBS readers are passing through the Charente, or staying in the nearby centres of Cognac, La Rochelle or Angoulême, then Nanteuil-en-Vallée is a brilliant day trip destination. Part of the area’s appeal is that it’s off the beaten…
You would be hard placed to find a better, more welcoming place to stay in north Cornwall. The Woodlands Country House Hotel is perfectly located between Padstow and St Merryn, offering easy access to any of the “7 bays for 7 days” that make this part of Cornwall so brilliantly distinctive. This oasis of calm…
Update 2018: The lift to the South Wing is not working according to their website and Tom’s Kitchen has been replaced by Bryn Williams a previous BBS Award winner both in 2016 and 2017. This is good news and we have reviewed them separately and access is not affected by the non working lift as…
A holiday in Sardinia is planned for August this year for BBS Founder, Fiona & her wheelchair. As part of Italy she assumed that accessibility would be variable, as evidenced on a previous trip to Milan. In Milan it was apparent that even the best hotels had a very different view on accessibility compared to the UK…
We recently visited two iconic London venues and for once a Grade II listed building has been refurbished with disabled people in mind. That is Kettner’s, a well known landmark in Soho, founded in 1867 by Auguste Kettner, chef to Napoleon III and it was one of the first French restaurants in London. The building is…