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Restless Andy's laundry story's not fooling anyone

PR guru Andy Skinner is getting restive.more

A screwy flat-pack tale with a twist

Back in November Mat Danks drew up a list of furniture that was needed for the DCPR office. more

Charming Liam Gallagher’s an Oasis of calm away from the limelight

Charming Liam’s an Oasis of calm away from the limelightmore

Five belated predictions for the Ashes, FTSE et al

Last week I promised you five top businessmen’s predictions for the future.more

Villa tickets don’t prove a big draw at Leeds Building Society launch

Monday: Along to the launch of the new Leeds Building Society branch in Corporation Street in Birmingham, moved from the Pallasades.more

Giving Gordon the send-off he truly deserves

We’ve decided that Fridays – with the prospect of a well-earned weekend off – ought to be a day when we try and cheer everybody up with a few gags.Read

Brewing up a new marketing idea for offices site

Agents appointed to market Chord Deeley’s new office development in the Jewellery Quarter toasted the official marketing launch with a cuppa. Read

John Bright: Predicting the future is a dangerous game

It’s that time again – when five of the Midlands top businessmen look to predict the future.more

Philip Calcutt takes to Trafalgar Square plinth to trumpet West Midlands message

Was it a bird, was it Superman, no it was Philip Calcutt, marketing guru for Birmingham and the wider region, standing on the plinth in Trafalgar Square a couple of Fridays or so back.more

Break had us walking back to happiness

Bright’s vicar on earth is back after his annual failed attempt to rediscover his youth.more

You could not make it up...or could you?

We’ve decided that Fridays – with the prospect of a well-earned weekend off – ought to be a day when we try and cheer everybody up with a few gags. So enjoy Friday fun time …more

Good news from banker and part-time smallholder Ben Browning.

He tells me: “I have taken delivery of a breeding pair of Bronze turkeys – a huge stag and a hen. When the sap rises he puffs his feathers out and his snout elongates. Looks as though he knows what he’s doing.”more

There’s nothing like a row before your holiday flight

The joy of budget airlines …more

Going north of the border to escape familiar face

Birmingham’s favourite lawyer Adrian Hindmarsh has been touring Scotland in a desperate bid to shake off John James.more

The many faces of Charles Hanmer

I have to admit to being gobsmacked.more

It’s Friday... so have you heard the one about...?

We’ve decided that Fridays – with the prospect of a well earned weekend off – ought to be a day when we try to cheer everybody up with a few gags.Read

Adrian Hindmarsh plays his card right

Bright’s vicar on earth John Duckers is in the dubious company of Andy Coyne, Tony Taylor and Adrian Hindmarsh – Duckers, Taylor and Hindmarsh haven’t been invited, but blag our way in, rather like a throw-back to when we were hitting those university parties all those years ago.more

Stuart’s certainly making his voice heard on radio

Since I revealed in May that former BBC WM Breakfast Show host Stuart Linnell was back behind a BBC microphone, the lad has been busily working his way around the Corporation’s local station network.Read

Cricket's a funny old waiting game

Cricket supporters are the most patient people on earth – you stare at a grass field for six hours while the rain comes down and then you troop home amidst blazing sun when, but for the rules, you could have been seeing action for a further hour or so. more

Weather couldn't knock the John Bright cricket trophy for six

I am happy to report this summer’s John Bright Trophy has managed to survive the credit crunch, the monsoon rains and preserve its eccentric reputation.more

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