No commentary on the Birmingham Wheel this year? None when myself and Danny Smith went on — so we recorded our own. Listen here, or download to your mp3 player and listen when you’re going round on the ferris wheel…
Month: November 2009
Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: December 2009 – Russ L
"Nuts to New Year. This is the West Midlands, not Scotland" [link]
Friday Photo by Karen Strunks
The 4am Project would like to invite you to a very special 4am photography event in Birmingham. This event is going to be held at the Bodies Revealed Exhibition at the Custard Factory, and there are 100 FREE tickets for…
A blank canvas
When the ‘City of Culture bid’ was announced, Minister of Fun Martin Mullaney had a list of cultural high spots (it was mostly engineering) and we did too including “Crossroads the Opera” and “Stan’s Cafe’s 24 hour recreation of Take…
Bolt-on fix for New Street 'eyesore'
"BIRMINGHAM’S New Street Station will not be demolished when work on a £600 million makeover gets under way, it has emerged. In order to save money and keep disruption to passengers at a minimum, it has been decided to bolt…
Old Joe is unwell – Peter Lewis
Old Joe, the clock on the tower at Birmingham University, is not well. But even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day. [link]
Central Library for and against
My highlighting: The Twentieth Century Society: “The Twentieth Century Society is tremendously disappointed by the Minister’s decision not to follow the advice of her advisers and list Birmingham Central Library. EH advice on listing is not often overturned and this…
Brumcast – Celebrating 10 years of Capsule Part 1
Capsule is 10 years old this December and as part of the celebration there are two special Brumcast shows — this is the first one. [link]
What can be done to save our heritage?
As expected this time last week, the DCMS have not listed Central Library. Meaning that the council have a window of half a decade in which to knock it down and replace it with soulless offices, chain cafes and thinly…