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Keeping the community heart beating in Nechells

Andrew Cowen looks at the work of an inner-city charity helping children and young people.Read

Let's rock the West Midlands

Dig out your metal memorabilia, a new archive project needs you, says Andrew Cowen.Read

Review: Queen at the NIA, Birmingham

Andrew Cowen reviews Queen at the Birmingham NIA.Read

Return of the psychedelic sounds of Omnia Opera

Andrew Cowen looks forward to the first gig in 15 years by Birmingham’s space rock band, Omnia Opera.Read

David Garrett's not just a pretty face

The David Beckham of the violin tells Andrew Cowen about the classical pop divide and why he has no time for modelling any moreRead

Wrestling had such a hold on me

Greetings, grapple fans! If those three little words bring back fond memories of childhood Saturday afternoons in front of the telly, you can join my gang.Read

A calmer chameleon

Andrew Cowen talks to a somewhat chilled Boy George about life beyond the mainstream and the many temptations available to musiciansRead

It’s the end of the world as we know it

It’s hard to describe the annoyance I’m feeling towards Dave Cameron at the moment.Read

Welcome to Birmingham’s first girl band Tiara Bitch

It’s with a certain amount of trepidation and a great deal of pride that I introduce you to Birmingham’s first girl group.Read

Jim Kerr still has that old sparkle

As Simple Minds prepare to go back on the road, singer Jim Kerr tells Andrew Cowen how self-belief has carried the band through some dark days. Read

Gigbeth 2008 line-up announced

After weeks of waiting, speculation and leaks, Birmingham’s itinerant festival Gigbeth has now announced its list of headliners.Read

Negotiating the minefield of choosing a grammar

Did you know the Dalai Lama is afraid of caterpillars? No, me neither. There’s no mention of this on his website, dalailama.com.Read

Sam Sparro curse strikes again

Sam Sparro tells Andrew Cowen about the blows that Birmingham has dealt him in trying to play a gigRead

DisCERNing few will be eating up our pink broccoli

If you’re one of those people who are counting your blessings that the planet didn’t get sucked into a seething vortex of nothingness this week, I’m sorry to say that we’re not out of the woods yet.Read

Laughing matters at the Hare and Hounds

Andrew Cowen hears how comedy is set to return to the Hare and Hounds in Kings HeathRead

Review: Fairport's Cropredy Convention

You can lay on the finest food, the cleanest lavvies and the best bands in the land, but if Mother Earth decides she wants to open her heavens, there’s little you can do but to seek shelter.Read

Big Chill Festival at Eastnor, nr Malvern

After the squalid indignities of Glastonbury, It felt like a bit of a homecoming to attend the Big Chill.Read

Street art finds a home at the Lord Clifden

Andrew Cowen meets the Birmingham landlord who likes to brush up on art and serve his customers a good measure of culture with their real ale.Read

How to make a complete dog’s dinner of a summer job

Here’s a true story. When I was 18, I was a carefree English degree student, studying at the dreaming spires of Sunderland Polytechnic.Read

Claire finds her prince through internet dating

It’s the stuff of fairy tales: Girl looks for handsome prince, kisses lots of frogs, finally finds her knight in shining armour and lives happily ever after in a beautiful castle.Read

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Andrew is a features writer and columnist for The Birmingham Post. He also writes on The Post's Lifestyle blog.

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