I just wanted to share a little bit of image dyslexia I suffered from with the old Bull Ring. When I saw the sign on the over-road bit, I didn’t think ‘bull’. I always thought it was a diplopocus, a…
Month: July 2008
There’s nobody here but us chickens
Not so long ago I read about the death of ‘Nightingales’ scriptwriter Paul Makin, who I would find out was from the Black Country. It reminded me that I’d been meaning to get hold of the programme on DVD, I…
Be bright at night
Light Night, is being held as part of this year’s ArtsFest (which is fast approaching —12th to the 14th of September). While I struggle to see anything particularity arty about “architectural lighting of iconic city centre buildings and iconic landmarks”,…
It’s not there
International art facilitator Donald Savage is a genius, if you didn’t already know a quick Google will soon fill you in. The US art producer and curator is bringing his hand-picked group of individual international invisible artists to Birmingham from…
Tindal Street Press author Gaynor Arnold on Booker Prize list – Birmingham Post
"Gaynor Arnold, who works for Birmingham’s Adoption and Fostering Service, has seen her debut novel, Girl in a Blue Dress, on the prestigious list which also includes Sir Salman Rushdie and Irish author Joseph O’Neill." link
How to look good clothed
A few weeks ago I bought a T-shirt with the Rotunda on it, and unusually it wasn’t one I’d designed. It was from this ‘shop’ on Spreadshirt.net, quite expensive but pretty unique. Unique for how much longer, I don’t know…
Help Tom Scotney with his Birmingham pubs map
Tom’s putting together a map of Birmingham’s pubs and bars on Google Maps. “Mainly for my own amusement and to give me a handy place to decide where to go drinking.” Anyone else can put up their local, their favourites,…
Talk amongst yourselves
One of the first things I did when starting BiNS was to look for a free forum hosting site. The one I found was a bit rubbish, but it was free and I was on the dole. It worked though,…
Digbeth Olympics – Sunday 21st September 2008
"there will be various things happening in and around digbeth on the twenty first day of september, year two thousand and eigh these will be highly competitive events involving speed, style, skill and quite possibly custard" link