http://www.birminghampost.net/authors/ Authors en-gb Birmingham Post no Authors Authors http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/21/fine-wine-from-the-grapes-of-war-in-lebanon-65233-22306955/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/21/fine-wine-from-the-grapes-of-war-in-lebanon-65233-22306955/ Richard McComb talks to a gunsflinging Lebanese winemaker http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/21/pupils-move-out-of-the-classroom-and-into-the-farmyard-in-herefordshire-65233-22306956/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/21/pupils-move-out-of-the-classroom-and-into-the-farmyard-in-herefordshire-65233-22306956/ Getting back http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/20/designer-threads-and-to-hell-with-the-credit-crunch-65233-22304694/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:57:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/20/designer-threads-and-to-hell-with-the-credit-crunch-65233-22304694/ Imagine a world without credit crunches and overdraft limits. Richard McComb finds it all too easy during a personal shopping spree at Harvey Nichols http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/20/wartime-bomb-blast-killed-my-three-brothers-before-i-was-born-65233-22298081/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/20/wartime-bomb-blast-killed-my-three-brothers-before-i-was-born-65233-22298081/ Derek Savin lost his three brothers when the Luftwaffe dropped a bomb on the family home in Birmingham, nine months before he was born. He tells Richard McComb the story of how he pieced together the story of that fateful night during November 1940. http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/11/18/do-not-disturb-on-the-night-i-m-gagging-for-celebrities-65233-22284584/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:57:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/11/18/do-not-disturb-on-the-night-i-m-gagging-for-celebrities-65233-22284584/ I shouldn’t be, and I don’t want to be, but I am desperate for it. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2008/11/16/new-biography-reveals-led-zeppelin-s-heaven-and-hell-65233-22271663/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:40:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2008/11/16/new-biography-reveals-led-zeppelin-s-heaven-and-hell-65233-22271663/ A new biography of Led Zeppelin is crammed with filth and a whole lotta love, says Richard McComb. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/14/william-chase-the-willy-wonka-of-british-potatoe-vodka-65233-22253520/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/14/william-chase-the-willy-wonka-of-british-potatoe-vodka-65233-22253520/ No small potatoes http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/11/world-war-ii-book-review-of-soldiers-personal-accounts-from-the-front-65233-22222461/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/11/world-war-ii-book-review-of-soldiers-personal-accounts-from-the-front-65233-22222461/ The guns fell silent 90 years ago today but the voices of the men who fought in the war to end all wars still clamour to be heard. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/07/a-poppy-for-every-grave-65233-22207261/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:30:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/07/a-poppy-for-every-grave-65233-22207261/ Richard McComb looks at one man's work rediscovering the graves of Birmingham's forgotten war dead, many of them children. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/restaurants-birmingham-midlands/2008/11/05/veggie-heaven-at-jyoti-in-sparkhill-65233-22191120/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:16:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/restaurants-birmingham-midlands/2008/11/05/veggie-heaven-at-jyoti-in-sparkhill-65233-22191120/ So there I am with the missus, knockin’ together a bootiful risotto, with truffles and all that malarkey, and the phone goes and who’s on the end of it but my old mucker Jamie Oliver. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/05/jamie-oliver-the-man-from-the-ministry-65233-22190895/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:04:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/11/05/jamie-oliver-the-man-from-the-ministry-65233-22190895/ He’d like to teach the world to cook… Jamie Oliver talks to Richard McComb about his latest mission. http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/11/05/bbc-s-tawdry-comedy-of-errors-fails-to-raise-a-chuckle-65233-22190052/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/11/05/bbc-s-tawdry-comedy-of-errors-fails-to-raise-a-chuckle-65233-22190052/ The youths of today, they think they’ve got it all, that they know it all, when the truth is they really don’t know what they are missing. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/travel-reviews/2008/10/31/camping-it-up-in-france-65233-22157548/ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:43:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/travel-reviews/2008/10/31/camping-it-up-in-france-65233-22157548/ You can’t beat a French campsite for a family holiday. Just watch out for the German fire-raisers, writes Richard McComb http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/10/28/agony-of-the-aston-martin-de-tox-65233-22134702/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:03:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/10/28/agony-of-the-aston-martin-de-tox-65233-22134702/ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; it was the day they delivered the Aston Martin, it was the night they took her away … http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/10/24/james-bond-car-is-an-aston-thriller-65233-22111120/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:28:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/10/24/james-bond-car-is-an-aston-thriller-65233-22111120/ Richard McComb takes the Aston Martin DBS used by Daniel Craig in the current James Bond for a spin around Birmingham. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-health-news/2008/10/22/giving-your-body-an-mot-65233-22092722/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:11:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-health-news/2008/10/22/giving-your-body-an-mot-65233-22092722/ Birmingham Post restaurant critic Richard McComb is surprised by the results of an autumn health MoT. http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/10/21/stayin-alive-in-time-to-beat-65233-22082411/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:28:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/10/21/stayin-alive-in-time-to-beat-65233-22082411/ Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk ... http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/10/14/with-nothing-in-my-back-pocket-i-am-immune-to-the-credit-crunch-65233-22030931/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:28:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/10/14/with-nothing-in-my-back-pocket-i-am-immune-to-the-credit-crunch-65233-22030931/ I don’t want to come across as smug but I think I have beaten the credit crunch. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/restaurants-birmingham-midlands/2008/10/10/edmunds-hits-the-spot-65233-22009766/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:15:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/restaurants-birmingham-midlands/2008/10/10/edmunds-hits-the-spot-65233-22009766/ xpectation is a terrible thing because most things fail to live up to it, not least eating out. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/10/07/karina-is-a-material-girl-65233-21982314/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:34:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/10/07/karina-is-a-material-girl-65233-21982314/ Textile artist Karina Thompson, the fabric slasher of Selly Park, tells Richard McComb about her fascination with “controlled savagery”