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That’s one in the eye for the South Africans...

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

Glyn Pitchford losing his footing

There he was at the sub office in Majorca and decided some olive trees needed a trim because they were beginning to spoil the view.more

PR guru Andy Skinner didn't expect comments on his post-op attire

Currently undergoing a 13-week rehab programme after open-heart surgery, PR guru Andy Skinner was warned by the wonderful cardiac nursing team at University Hospital, Coventry, that when he got home he should expect to have good days and bad days.more

Dancing the night away at radio DJ’s Edstock ‘festival’

News reaches me of a sordid party at the home of radio jock Ed James.more

Wet weather no match for cricket finalists

Despite seemingly endless showers, I am pleased to report Birmingham’s John Bright Trophy cricket tournament last week won a notable 2-0 victory against the British Monsoon.more

IT’s no joke... I needed a boy to fix my computer!

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. So enjoy Friday fun time …more

Memorial to Richard Graves

A terrific turnout for the memorial service to Birmingham businessman Richard Graves, with a staggering 700 crammed into, and spilling out with, the little church at Elmley Lovett in Worcestershire.more

Stumped by some coincidences at cricket fundraiser

Off to watch Warwickshire and support Cure Leukaemia at a fundraising event at Edgbaston.Read

Speech hard to swallow at Taste event

I can still taste the excellent Taste of Birmingham event … and what a turnout from all us hangers-on. more

What a wizard way to deal with bird menace

Birmingham residents living beside the Britannic Park cricket ground in Moseley should not be too alarmed if they keep hearing what sounds like gunfire.more

Mouse disappears under a torrent of spectacular praise

Mouse disappears under a torrent of spectacular praiseRead

John Bright: I'm awash with tales from the Henley river bank

My spy on the river bank tells me that Henley was the usual success.more

Chatting with a PR guru legend

Off to the cricket for the first time this year.more

Problems for Birmingham cricketing barristers

Sadly legal duties prevented Birmingham’s cricketing barristers doing battle with each other in the John Bright Trophy last week.more

Ups and downs at charity golf day

The annual Sense charity golf day provided the usual ups and downs for the team from PR ‘legends’ Clarke Associates.more

Adrian Hindmarsh regales me with tales of Sutton Sporting Dinner

Birmingham’s favourite lawyer Adrian Hindmarsh has been telling me how he was a guest of BTG Tax at a recent Sutton Sporting Dinner.more

Champions KPMG called to account as Ernst & Young inflict John Bright Trophy defeat

Birmingham is going to have a new corporate cricket champion after the Battle of the Accountants.more

Egos land at Else Solicitors networking lunch

That was the question at the most recent Else Commercial Solicitors networking lunch at Must restaurant in Birmingham.more

John Bright: Juicy tales from media awards night

It’s Flanagan’s revenge …more

Still June and I get the first Christmas event alert.

Shame on you John Matthews and you know where you can shove that shepherd’s crook!more

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