On the eleventh of November 2009 there happened a pyschogeographical epic. A window of eleven hours to complete a circuit of Birmingham’s number eleven bus.
When my mum first saw this statue she asked me if it was a fish! Well, I guess the arms could be mistaken for fins….or maybe not I believe this statue is called ‘Future’, at least that is what is inscribed underneath it. However, as much as I have searched online for more information,...
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So says Simon Rattle and the whole hest of the eighties contingent. Central TV, the council, GKN (remember them?), and Horizon Travel PLC give you 11 minutes on why Birmingham isn’t as black as it’s painted and life is okay for a displaced executive as long as King Edwards School and the Priory Tennis...
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Oxfam aren’t all about helping people in the developing world, they’re also on a mission to save Birmingham from the pan pipes. On the 28th August for OxjamBrum’s ‘Big Busk’ to raise money the council has turned over all its ‘busk stops’. “Eight of the city’s home-grown musicians will busk at the following locations:...
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They’re building a new library, it’s going to be shorter than they first said (but still contain the same amount of space – how so?). But despite the planning app not having been submitted as yet, digging has commenced. It’s okay though, it’s not building it’s archaeology. The diggaging at the site is in...
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So sang Frank Skinner on Fantasy Football, but with “big money men” coming in to buy Blues and promising £5m (about enough to buy Julian Lescott’s haircut) to save the team it’s feeling more and more like Ken Wheldon is about to come back albeit dragging Steve Mcmanamanaman with him. Good time for the...
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The Birmingham Post – weekly or slimmed down daily " nothing has been decided.". The notice period of consultations on redundancy have started – around 60 jobs are rumoured to be being lost across local titles.
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Alan Clawley loves Central Library, I do too. He sees the planning process of the "new" library as tied up with the saving of the old building, I'm not sure: but this makes interesting reading.
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Despite the odd titling “Will Self with Heather Child” for example that lead a stupid person (er, me) to think that the rapcious wordsmith was appearing at South Birmingham College at half two of an afternoon (primetime!), there’s normally something for most readers of books on during the Birmingham Book Festival. Going on from...
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Louise Brierley gets a look inside how the Dome is being re-done. All we get are pretty odd CGI artists impressions tho'.
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