Rachel sat on a roof terrace looking out over the Atlas Mountains. Travel as design, not escape For me, travel isn’t an escape from real life. It’s something I design carefully around my body, my energy and my nervous system. When done well, it becomes a way to think more clearly, rest more honestly and reconnect with creativity, rather than something that costs me weeks of recovery afterwards. As a disabled and neurodivergent person, my travels are rarely spontaneous. Over t

Rachel sat in a wheelchair on the tarmac at Marrakech Menara Airport. This isn’t a blog post I ever imagined I'd be writing, nor a photograph I expected to exist. It shows me sitting in a wheelchair on the tarmac at Marrakesh Menara Airport, moments after landing. Not because of an accident. Not because of a sudden emergency. But because over the past year or so, my body has changed in ways I’m still learning to understand. An Arrival I Didn't Expect Due to ongoing and signif

Speaking to Channel 4 News outside my Bakery premises about the delays and cuts to Access to Work. Speaking out about the barriers and unnecessary challenges I’ve faced, because our society is built without disabled people in mind, has led me here. I didn’t set out to be a Campaigner, but I have become one. You might know me as the Founder and CEO of The Frangipane Bakery . Although we’ve had to stop baking, the mission continues. The challenges behind the decision have highl