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Cue tabloid outrage about "a degree in UB40"… this looks a fascinating way to get into the history and significance of Birmingham an popular music.
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Charles Darwin? Birmingham? Where's Priestley?
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"Anger is growing at West Midlands police over their decision to prevent demonstrators marching past the Tory Party conference in Birmingham on Sunday 3 October." Socialist Worker
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The poster has just wet itself with excitement at the coming of Artsfest (or artsfest, or ArtsFest depending on which bit of capitalisation on the website you pick) this coming weekend. Yes, there’s a lot that isn’t especially art(s), yes with it being so big it’s a problem picking out what you’d like to...
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Listen to the latest from BiNS’s radio show The Big Paws: God, what a lot of stuff, all the local what’s on and some Moseley Folk: The Big Paws is live every Saturday at 8am on Rhubarb Radio.
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Despite the divisive title It’s a Geek’s World, looks pretty good—it includes a series of workshops run throughout the Sunday of the British Science Festival (which is in Brum, y’know). Visitors will be offered lots of geeky activities, including a Learning to Solder workshop, Nikki Pugh’s Circuit-bending workshop and a Beat Box workshop. As the finale Sam...
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Listing if the free things going on next weekend from English Heritage.
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Little Chris is pulling together a series of three podcasts of music from the Supersonic festival — that's taking place at The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham 22-24 Oct.
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Simon Gray looks at the fruit and veg market in town and says that it's likely the drop in quality rather than town planning that will kill it.
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