Archive for March, 2008

Fools, amble in (to town)

31 March 2008
By Jon Bounds
Fools, amble in (to town)

Harry Palmer‘s foolish city centre tour, 1.15 tomorrow.
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How to recognise trees from not such a long way away

31 March 2008
By Jon Bounds
How to recognise trees from not such a long way away

More info at the Highbury Park Friends site.
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Art of ideas debates

31 March 2008
By Jon Bounds

The Fused blog helpfully put this up on the web, which I’ll repeat here: Culture & Identity The Role of Place in Shaping the Arts Tuesday 8th April, 6.30pm‐8pm Speakers: Richard Billingham ‐ Artist, Turner Prize nominee, Catherine O’Flynn ‐ Writer, Costa First Novel Award winner 2007, James Yarker ‐ Director, Stan’s Cafe Why...
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Brum Link 29th March

29 March 2008
By Jon Bounds

Found this on teh interwebs: The Getgood Guide – A new blog – "Birmingham and Beyond" it says.
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Brum Link 29th March

29 March 2008
By Jon Bounds

Found this on teh interwebs: Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: April 2008 « Oh. (Russ ?Give ?Em? L) – This month is clearly all about fighting, and orchestral & choral music. Maybe all at the same time.
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Being councillor 2.0 doesn’t mean saying sorry after all

27 March 2008
By Jon Bounds

Martin Mullaney has announced that he won’t be saying sorry to the owner of the Moseley Tram depot after all: Both Councillors have now decided that they will NOT apologise. Councillor Hendricks has accepted the one month suspension. He now wishes to bring his involvement in this episode to a close and has decided...
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Brum Link 27th March

27 March 2008
By Jon Bounds

Found this on teh interwebs: Brum beach is to be axed – Birmingham Mail – The Council beach in Chamberlain Sq won't be back. "Its return was dependent on securing corporate sponsorship but budget airline bmibaby has no plans to repeat its £50,000 backing to cover running costs."
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What the hell’s going on in this town?

27 March 2008
By Jon Bounds

Over at the Autum Store blog, they’ve been telling us which sources they use to promote gigs. It’s a fairly comprehensive list of blogs and myspaces, which you may find useful. Including one called Coming Up Birmingham that I haven’t seen before. No mention of the listings sites, like feeltheheat or birmingham alive, too...
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Brum Link 25th March

25 March 2008
By Jon Bounds

Found this on teh interwebs: Harborne Life – "The Harborne Life site life is put together… in Harborne for the people in Harborne and aims to provide … local news & events, campaigns, useful listings and general Harborne goings on " It's a site for Harbourne then. via loldeirdrie
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