RNIB Conversations

With Brexit around the corner, it could be worth considering UK for this year’s holiday trip. 

We spoke with Travel expert Simon Calder and Rosalyn Smith from Leonardo Hotels & Jurys Inn, about staycations and accessibility. 

Simon and Rosalyn spoke with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley.

(Photo shows a sunlight view over Pentewan Sands in Cornwall. The sandy beach leads into calm blue waters, with a holiday park just on the outskirts. A cliff encloses the beach on the far side with a green-covered hilltop gently sloping behind) 

With Brexit around the corner, it could be worth considering UK for this year’s holiday trip. 

We spoke with Travel expert Simon Calder and Rosalyn Smith from Leonardo Hotels & Jurys Inn, about staycations and accessibility. 

Simon and Rosalyn spoke with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley.

(Photo shows a sunlight view over Pentewan Sands in Cornwall. The sandy beach leads into calm blue waters, with a holiday park just on the outskirts. A cliff encloses the beach on the far side with a green-covered hilltop gently sloping behind) 

An exciting accessible art event will take place this Wednesday 14th of August in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

Lead by Juliana Capes and Alice Betts the Audio Described Tour & Workshop will start at Stills Gallery on Cockburn Street with the photographer Cindy Sherman’s exhibition Early Works, 1975 – 80.

 

We spoke with Alice Betts about the event and how art can be made accessible to all.

 

Alice spoke with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley. 

 

You can book by email: [email protected] , by phone on 0131 226 6558, or by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/audio-described-tour-workshop-tickets-64529037087 

(Photo shows two women looking at what looks like framed artwork. One of them is wearing a green raincoat and has a cream-coloured guide dog with her) 

An exciting accessible art event will take place this Wednesday 14th of August in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

Lead by Juliana Capes and Alice Betts the Audio Described Tour & Workshop will start at Stills Gallery on Cockburn Street with the photographer Cindy Sherman’s exhibition Early Works, 1975 – 80.

 

We spoke with Alice Betts about the event and how art can be made accessible to all.

 

Alice spoke with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley. 

 

You can book by email: [email protected] , by phone on 0131 226 6558, or by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/audio-described-tour-workshop-tickets-64529037087 

(Photo shows two women looking at what looks like framed artwork. One of them is wearing a green raincoat and has a cream-coloured guide dog with her) 

An exciting accessible art event will take place this Wednesday 14th of August in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

Lead by Juliana Capes and Alice Betts the Audio Described Tour & Workshop will start at Stills Gallery on Cockburn Street with the photographer Cindy Sherman’s exhibition Early Works, 1975 – 80.

 

We spoke with Alice Betts about the event and how art can be made accessible to all.

 

Alice spoke with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley. 

 

You can book by email: [email protected] , by phone on 0131 226 6558, or by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/audio-described-tour-workshop-tickets-64529037087 

(Photo shows two women looking at what looks like framed artwork. One of them is wearing a green raincoat and has a cream-coloured guide dog with her) 

This week, ITV’s Vidar Hjardeng reviews Thomas Otway's dark love story.

 

Speaking with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley, Vidar looks at the audio described performance of ‘Venice Preserved’ performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. 

 

Venice is sinking and with it a dark tale of love, violence, and betrayal unfolds a political thriller that will shock and thrill. 

This week, ITV’s Vidar Hjardeng reviews Thomas Otway's dark love story.

 

Speaking with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley, Vidar looks at the audio described performance of ‘Venice Preserved’ performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. 

 

Venice is sinking and with it a dark tale of love, violence, and betrayal unfolds a political thriller that will shock and thrill. 

A new survey from the Association of British Dispensing Opticians has highlighted a worrying lack of knowledge from parents regarding their children’s eye health. 

 

We spoke with Dispensing Optician Daryl Newsome, a Board member and examiner with the Association, about the research and why parents should look at booking an eye test for the kids sooner than later. 

 

Daryl is speaking with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley. 

 

For more information go to: https://www.abdo.org.uk/eyecarefaq/

A new survey from the Association of British Dispensing Opticians has highlighted a worrying lack of knowledge from parents regarding their children’s eye health. 

 

We spoke with Dispensing Optician Daryl Newsome, a Board member and examiner with the Association, about the research and why parents should look at booking an eye test for the kids sooner than later. 

 

Daryl is speaking with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley. 

 

For more information go to: https://www.abdo.org.uk/eyecarefaq/

If you’re a contact lenses user, you might not realise the danger you expose your eyes to by doing something as simple as letting your contact lenses come in contact with tap water. 

 

Fiona Henriquez is a Professor of Parasitology at the University of the West of Scotland and has been researching a parasite that could potentially rob you off your sight. 

 

Speaking with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley, Professor Henriquez advises how to best look after our contact lenses.