Heritage Open Days in Birmingham

2 September 2010
By Jon Bounds

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Listing if the free things going on next weekend from English Heritage.

Brumcast's Supersonic Festival Podcasts

31 August 2010
By Jon Bounds

Little Chris is pulling together a series of three podcasts of music from the Supersonic festival — that's taking place at The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham 22-24 Oct.

Bullring Open Market — will it survive?

31 August 2010
By Jon Bounds

Simon Gray looks at the fruit and veg market in town and says that it's likely the drop in quality rather than town planning that will kill it.

The Big Paws 28/08/2010 — Listen Again

28 August 2010
By Jon Bounds

Listen to the latest from BiNS’s radio show The Big Paws:

Loads of art-happening round ups:

The Big Paws is live every Saturday at 8am on Rhubarb Radio.

Camp as a row of metal

26 August 2010
By Jon Bounds
Camp as a row of metal

While researching something else, here’s some stuff I found of Brum’s own scalextric Camp Hill Flyover:

A photo by Phyllis Nicklin:

And a bus-driver’s eye-view of a trip out of town on the 37.

mmmm, short-term nostalgia.

BBC WM looks back on its 40 years of broadcasting

26 August 2010
By Jon Bounds

Few snippets of an anniversary documentary.

King of Kong

24 August 2010
By Jon Bounds
King of Kong

A local, erm, enthusiast is campaigning for the King King statue late of the Bull Ring Markets (and some car place, and Dudley Zoo apparently) to be returned to tower over Brum. That’s despite him saying: “apparently poor old King Kong has recently been melted down by his Scottish owners” — or is he in Penrith?

An enduring image, isn’t it.

The Big Paws 21/08/2010 – Listen Again

21 August 2010
By Jon Bounds

Listen to the latest from BiNS’s radio show The Big Paws:

Featuring art criticism, the lot:

The Big Paws is live every Saturday at 8am on Rhubarb Radio.

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