Updated 5:41am 18 May 2013

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Richard McComb

Richard McComb

Review: Hamlet at RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon

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The question, according to his on-stage persona, is "to be, or not to be?"Read

Richard McComb: A simple exercise in how not to shed the pounds

If you have made it this far into 2013 and you are still wearing leg-warmers and Lycra, congratulations.Read

Richard McComb: Ziggy played guitar and the blands played on

You've got to be chuffed for David Bowie. But is it right that a 66-year-old man should be at the top of the hit parade in 2013?Read

Richard McComb: Tragedies happen - but this one was different

No breaking news story has hit me with quite the same impact as the events that unfolded early last Thursday, when schoolgirl Christina Edkins was stabbed to death on a bus in Birmingham.Read

Culinary genius David Everitt-Matthias champions the humblest ingredients in new book

David Everitt-Matthias's latest recipe book is the greatest thing since sliced woodruff, says Food Critic Richard McComb.Read

Richard McComb: A good life ruined by a dinner party take-away

If she is still with us, and I hope she is, Mrs Margot Leadbetter, of Surbiton, must be in her 80s.Read

Richard McComb: I thought I'd died and gone to gnome heaven

The annual start-of-the-year trip to the tip just wouldn’t be the same without one-armed Shrek, the Scary Man, Dalek, and above all, the gnomes. Read

Five 'old master' paintings bequeathed to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - on one condition

Five “old master” paintings have been formally transferred to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – on condition that the city does not introduce admission charges.Read

Restaurant Review: New Sum Ye and China Town Noodle Bar in Birmingham

If you had a tenner to spend on lunch, where would you go in Birmingham?Read

Cooking down to an art at new Ikon Gallery café

Opus, one of Birmingham’s premiere restaurants, is to open a modern British café at the city’s Ikon Gallery.Read

Richard McComb: An airport that rubs you up the right way at last

It had been a stressful 24 hours so it seemed entirely appropriate to strip naked and slip on a black thong after landing at Zurich Airport.Read

Richard McComb: Every dog has his day - it just takes a bit of time

It doesn't seem to matter if they have two legs, four legs, loads of legs or no legs at all. Britain's native animals always tend to get a kicking in health checks.Read

Restaurant Review: Purnell's Bistro in Newhall Street, Birmingham

Sitting in a restaurant, looking at limp plates of food and wishing you were at another place just down the road rates as one of the worst things in the world.Read

Success for Simpsons restaurant chefs at Bocuse D'Or world cooking event

Birmingham can boast of having the world’s best young chef after achieving stunning success in the culinary equivalent of the Olympics. Read

Birmingham Simpsons chef causes a stir with Coventry City flag at Bocuse D'Or

A footy-loving Birmingham chef caused a stir at the world's biggest cookery competition when his football club's flag was banned by the French. Read

Richard McComb: Surviving the day after tomorrow's Snowpocalypse

What if a glacial sheet descended on Brum, covering everything except the top of the Rotunda?Read

Richard McComb: My hoarding nightmare

I have become re-acquainted with a long forgotten item of essential household furnishing: the carpet in our bedroom.Read

Richard McComb: Christmas is over, so it must be time for a drink

The good news is that there is no need for a booze-free January.Read

Little festive cheer in the hidden side of the city

They sleep in old toilets, derelict factories and holes in the ground. Richard McComb goes on a tour of Birmingham's secret squats.Read

The McComb Awards for Dining are back

It's time for the MADs - the McComb Awards for Dining. Richard McComb reports on the culinary heroes and villains of 2012.Read

Author Profile

Richard McComb is a columnist, writer and restaurant critic for The Birmingham Post. Likes: Stevie Wonder (1963-1982 output); taking the long view; beaches; jumpers for goalposts. Dislikes: (Amongst others) enablement; spitting; the short straw; double maths.