Richard McComb - Birmingham Post

Stage: Review: Hamlet at RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon

Birmingham Post — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:39:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Post — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:51:00 GMT

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

More Columnists: Richard McComb: Ziggy played guitar and the blands played on

Birmingham Post — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT

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?

More Columnists: Richard McComb: Tragedies happen - but this one was different

Birmingham Post — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT

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.

Restaurants Birmingham & Midlands: Culinary genius David Everitt-Matthias champions the humblest ingredients in new book

Birmingham Post — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Post — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Post — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Post — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Post — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT

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

West Midlands News: Cooking down to an art at new Ikon Gallery café

Birmingham Post — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Post — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Post — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Post — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT

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.

West Midlands News: Success for Simpsons restaurant chefs at Bocuse D'Or world cooking event

Birmingham Post — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:32:00 GMT

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

West Midlands News: Birmingham Simpsons chef causes a stir with Coventry City flag at Bocuse D'Or

Birmingham Post — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:09:00 GMT

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.

More Columnists: Richard McComb: Surviving the day after tomorrow's Snowpocalypse

Birmingham Post — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:14:00 GMT

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

More Columnists: Richard McComb: My hoarding nightmare

Birmingham Post — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Post — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT

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

Restaurants Birmingham & Midlands: The McComb Awards for Dining are back

Birmingham Post — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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

Post Features: Little festive cheer in the hidden side of the city

Birmingham Post — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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