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Prix out

Is a (unlikely) return for the Birmingham Super Prix a good idea? No says West Midlands Friends of the Earth spokesman Chris Williams “Birmingham City Council are promoting double standards. On some days, the City Council is claiming that it wishes to become a world leader in tackling climate change and being green all round. “Right now, what we are seeing is instead of the City Council trying to wean people off their addiction to the motor car, it is putting effort into glamourising driving more and faster.” Quote from The Stirrer. Not being a fan of motor racing anyway, I don’t really want it back either. Why not a Birmingham Marathon, 26 miles 385 yards ending in front of Brasso the Bull? That said, when we do get a summer, we’ll be able to see the ‘Super Prix’ again – it appears spelled out in flowers all along Bristol Street.

sax, but no THE – Town Hall reopens

I’ve just come back from a launch for the opening festival of The Town Hall, sorry Town Hall (what have modern corporate advertising agencies got against the definite article? That’s going to a- be ignored and b – sound so old in a year, no hang on it already does), and it sounds so good I can’t believe we’ve been without it for ten years. It does SOUND good as well, the acoustics were fantastic – we were treated to a song from Soweto Kinch‘s new album (great, but he looked like it was a bit early for him) and a barnstorming calypso (i think!) from the venerable Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes. It’s now to be run together with Symphony Hall, which should mean that they can compliment rather than compete, and is certainly showing commitment to a wide variety of music – Guillemots with the CBSO, Handel’s Messiah as arranged by Quincy Jones, tea dances, and of course one man and his organ ;) There’s also a ‘Brum Rocks’ event which pulls together a host of Midlands Rock Royalty, Robert Plant, Tony Iommi, Bev Bevan et al in aid of the Childrens’ Hospital. The opening festival...

Pic from BBC NEWS: In Pictures : Brum to lighten up “an experiment ” (a test?) has taken place to see how some bits of town would look with coloured lights at night. This bit is apparently Albert St, Digbeth, and not Martin Mullaney’s new plan to stop anti-social behaviour by Highbury Hall

Greenies, and meanies

Birmingham Strategic Partnership invite you to their sustainability forum entitled Tackling Climate Change. This will take place on Thursday 22nd February at The Auditorium on Level GO,Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG. This is a chance to be amongst the first to consult on Birmingham’s Draft Strategy and Action Plan for tackling Climate Change. At 4.15pm Al Gore’s film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ will be shown. A light buffet at 6pm will be followed at 6.30pm by presentations on the Draft Strategy, and your chance to have your say by voting via electronic keypads. The evening is free of charge, and you may arrive before or after the film. To book your place and for more information please contact Lorraine Cookson at the Sustainability Team on Tel: 0121 303 5449 or email sustainabilityteam@birmingham.gov.uk. So even if you’re not intersted it’s a free film and grub.

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Prix out

sax, but no THE – Town Hall reopens

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