Nov 19 2009 | More Columnists
It is difficult to know just how many nails in the coffin are needed before our examination culture can finally be laid to rest in peace. Read
Nov 19 2009 | More Columnists
Last Saturday, as my birthday treat, we took ourselves down to Windsor. Remembrance Sunday is not the ideal day for negotiating the streets of this military town. Read
Nov 19 2009 | More Columnists
After 20 years’ hard labour at journalism’s coal face I pulled it off, bagging a press trip to a far-flung location. Read
Nov 19 2009 | More Columnists
A once notorious miscarriage of justice in the Edwardian West Midlands, the Great Wyrley Outrages, is the subject for a new play by Birmingham writer David Edgar which will have its premiere at Birmingham Rep next spring. Read
Nov 19 2009 | More Columnists
Where is Birmingham City Council going to get its share of the £250 million a year it will cost to fulfil the Government’s new promise of free care at home for elderly people? Read