Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier
What a fabulous place The Design Museum, in Kensington, is for a wheelchair user and seeing the exhibition, Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier, on at The Design Museum,…
Inspirational Woman: Melanie Reid, Journalist
It’s been a while since I mentioned Melanie Reid, a journalist for The Times newspaper who writes Spinal Column on a weekly basis, every Saturday, in The…
Accessible Bathrooms by Motionspot
Adapting a bathroom to accommodate changes in physical need makes for hard decisions, especially when such changes may be unwelcome, uncertain or potentially progressive in nature.…
Adapting My Home: Stay Or Move?
In 1998, as a consequence of the rapid onset of a chronic neurological illness, I became a full-time, non-standing, wheelchair user. At the time, I –…
2017 Health Archive 22: Remembering August 2001 …
It’s been twenty years since everything changed for me in terms of my health. 1997 was the last year of my ‘normal’ life. 2017 was the…
Shikumen at the Dorsett Hotel, Shepherds Bush.
Not the sexiest location in London, Shikumen at the Dorsett Hotel, Shepherds Bush, may, nevertheless, be worth a detour if you happen to be fond of…
Fashion and Textile Museum, Bermondsey
The Fashion and Textile Museum, Bermondsey, is part of Newham College, London. Last weekend, I went along to see a fashion photography exhibition of Louise Dahl-Wolfe’s work. It…
Sunday Lunch At Restaurant Coworth Park
With seasonal celebrations upcoming, who’s not looking for a gorgeous restaurant to visit with their family? If that’s you, you might want to take a look…
