Restless Andy's laundry story's not fooling anyone
PR guru Andy Skinner is getting restive.more
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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
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Charming Liam Gallagher’s an Oasis of calm away from the limelight
Charming Liam’s an Oasis of calm away from the limelightmore
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Five belated predictions for the Ashes, FTSE et al
Last week I promised you five top businessmen’s predictions for the future.more
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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
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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
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
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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
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Break had us walking back to happiness
Bright’s vicar on earth is back after his annual failed attempt to rediscover his youth.more
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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
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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
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There’s nothing like a row before your holiday flight
The joy of budget airlines …more
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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
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The many faces of Charles Hanmer
I have to admit to being gobsmacked.more
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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
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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.
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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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