Birmingham still “vibrant”

21 May 2009
By Jon Bounds

There’s a, probably apocryphal tale, about a Soviet “long lasting lightbulb”being invented — it was a big splash story one day in Pravda, but from thereon in got less and less interesting, ending up with the tiny phrase ‘light bulb still on’ appearing every day in a tiny corner. And that’s how I felt about this story in the Birmingham Post this morning:

Birmingham Post - News - West Midlands News - Lonely Planet hails 'vibrant' Birmingham
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

The Lonely Planet says Birmingham is a “vibrant city”. Nice, but not new. Not “news”.

Because they said that in 2005:

TOP GUIDE SAYS VISIT TO 'VIBRANT' CITY IS A MUST: BUZZING BRUM; Tourists - make a beeline towards.(News) | Article from Birmingham Evening Mail (England) | HighBeam Research
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

and in 2007:

BBC NEWS | UK | British are 'obsessed with fame'
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

and are saying at the moment (in the guide online — not updated yet):

Birmingham Travel Information and Travel Guide - England - Lonely Planet
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

So, Birmingham still “vibrant” then, carry on, as you were.

Tags: , , , ,

Comments are closed.

blog comments powered by Disqus

This post by

@onBirmingham – Breaking Brum News on Twitter


 Subscribe by RSS
Follow BirminghamiNS on Twitter



 
BiNS is mostly by Jon Bounds, a Birmingham based social web consultant, producer and writer. You can hire him to work on your stuff, or follow him on twitter. There's also the odd bit of stuff from Danny Smith.

Feel free to send us anything you're interested in - or think we might be.
If you've got gigs to promote, best to chuck them on the talk board.

BiNS Flickr Group

A photo on Flickr
A photo on Flickr
A photo on Flickr