For once tabloid shock horror over a film might be justified, but not for quite the reasons you may think. Danny Smith attempts to get the the truth of Birmingham's gang culture, and it aint a cosy picture.
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Reaching out from beyond the grave…… Sorry, that’s a rubbish intro! But have you heard what has come to town?! It’s the controversial Bodies Revealed exhibition and it’s being held at the Custard Factory in Digbeth. From the website: Using real human specimens, painstakingly prepared and respectfully displayed The Bodies Revealed exhibition lets visitors...
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Birmingham timelapse from 7inch cinema on Vimeo. “a selection of images taken by amateur photographer Derek Fairbrother from the same spot in Birmingham’s Chamberlain square between 1963 and 1986. We’ve just compiled them for a new exhibition called Birmingham Seen which opens at BM&AG this weekend; other sequences include the Post...
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Here’s Duncan and then Robin Campbell with their take on music in Brum. What’s yours?
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Andrew Brightwell plans to visit every pool in Brum to asses their state — have a swim — and find out whether the council is meeting its commitments. Also includes a link to Saturday's Moseley Road Baths, Memories and Memorabilia event — which should be good.
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Which way do you like to go round? Don’t forget we want a circuit off you on the 11th November. Either way you’ll want one of these badges, or both, or a number of both. 50p each (plus p+p, should be no more than 50p for small numbers) is what they’ll cost ‘ya. Email...
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Paul Dale with a gloomy outlook on the Council's "Business Transformation".
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UB40 are playing a gig at the tiny (for them) Rainbow in Digbeth on the third of November. The idea is to raise awareness, and some dosh for a sound-deadening roof, of the noise problems the pub have been having. It’s part of a wider debate about how music is something more than just...
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If you're an anal sort and want to know every time anyone "consults" on anything in Birmingham (we're talking official bodies here, not just asking "do you fancy a pint?") then you could do worse than try this site. Not the easiest to navigate or search (no results for "Big City Plan" for example),...
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