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Andrew Cowen

Andrew Cowen

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

A sassy young Aussie called Vassy

Andrew Cowen meets ambitious new singer Vassy who rolls into Birmingham today Read

Whether you like it or not, Facebook is a revolution

I admit it. I’m not the most sociable of people. Ask any of my three imaginary friends. Read

Glastonbury - where have all the hippies gone?

Andrew Cowen first went to the Glastonbury Festival 30 years ago, but believes the modern event has turned into a monster. Read

Go for green

These are interesting times to be working in the building development business. With the green agenda at the heart of society, sustainability is driving all new projects. Read

Horrible Histories: The Terrible Tudors at Alexandra Theatre

The Terrible Tudors was the first of Terry Deary's acclaimed retellings of history to gain success. Read

Our days of Eurovision glory are long gone

I have managed to maintain an uncharacteristically dignified silence over the current Eurovision debate. Read

Fashion and its influence in on the newsroom

Don't go thinking that journalism and fashion was invented by Sex And The City. There's a long history of hacks in slacks in this business. Read

Fab flavour of Green Shield stamps and Lyon's Maid lollies

I had a most pleasant evening at the Alexandra Theatre to see Shout, a new musical with songs from the decade we now call the Swinging Sixties, named after our habit of hanging people. Read

Willie Nelson at the Wolverhampton Civic

They don’t get much more iconic than Willie Nelson, Georgia’s 75-year-old outlaw. Read

Tune into the voice of Brum's true champion

Chris Downing tells Andrew Cowen why Birmingham can supply all the hits he needs. Read

Grandmaster Gareth gets Misty-eyed over The Jug of Ale

Andrew Cowen talks to Misty's Big Adventure lead singer Grandmaster Gareth, ahead of The Jug Of Ale's farewell gig. Read

Join Gok Wan camp to feel better about yourself

There's something about Gok Wan that I'm trying to put my finger on. Read

Substance that changed the fabric of a generation

Join me, if you will, in raising a blotter to mark the passing of Albert Hofmann, scientist, alchemist and engineer of our enlightened culture. Read

Sisters Of Albion at Birmingham Town Hall

What a perfect conclusion to a superb weekend of folk music at Town Hall. Read

Pot Noodles symptomatic of wrongs of our society

If you're at a loose end and in need of some brain food, head over to stephenfry.com and download his latest podcast. 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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