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Report on the plight of poor criminalised youths is rot

Bloomin' kids, they don't know they're born. Read

Ray Mears couldn't tame my backyard wilderness

Our garden, by which I mean our back garden, is modest, perhaps 30ft in length. It represents my major contribution to the sustainability agenda and I am particularly proud of it. Read

Welcome to the Brum drunk tank

Get drunk, spew on the pave-ment, start a fight, fall over and crack your head open....Farewell to another celebratory bank holiday weekend in Birmingham. Read

Flip flops and Led Zep tour shirt for the office?

Summer is approaching and we are on the cusp of that tricky season for fashion-conscious chaps. Read

Madonna in Maidstone - they deserve each other

Why can't these people just shut up? Are they afflicted with an as yet undiagnosed mental illness that only strikes the comfortably well-off and the loaded? Read

Stoking the imagination of true football fans

For anyone who truly loves football, the elevation of Stoke City to the Premiership has to be the story of the season. Read

Get online to watch the local election yawn-fest

I really should blog, I know I should. Read

Why Tony Soprano whacks Cranford

Ihave got in with a bad bunch, a seriously bad bunch. Read

Senseless attack just typifies our society today

A reminder this week, if a reminder were needed, of the casual violence and downright nastiness that lurks in our midst. Read

Brimful of salt and too expensive - thanks Delia

Like many people, I've never had an easy relationship with Delia Smith but I have always been prepared to give her another chance. Read

Rickrolling fires the Astley revival

Rick Astley's big hit of the 1980s has become a YouTube phenomenon. Read

Credit crunch bite finds just a tiny morsel

The news is unlikely to cause turmoil on the world financial markets but it has caused considerable turbulence in my retirement plans. Read

Birmingham the city with four dole townships

The chirpy, banal slogan proclaims: "Birmingham, a global city with a local heart." Read

News bunnies weather the not so perfect telly storm

As the biggest storm of the winter lashed Britain, the scene from our bedroom window was incredible. Read

Holiday pics snap me out of my food complacency

I have discovered a brilliant diet, which is so new that no-one, except me, has heard of it. Read

Have some compassion and give Gazza a break

It is the new bear-baiting of our troubled times: hunting a haunted celebrity. Read

Raymond just wasn't cutting the mustard

And so it's au revoir Raymond Blanc, who is packing up his vol-au-vent molds and quitting Birmingham. Read

Oh pants ... is it Valentine's Day again?

Excuse me for being so personal, but do you remember your first time? Read

Sorry, Doctor can't see you, he's too busy going home

Scene: a deserted doctors' surgery, anywhere in Britain. The GPs are "catching up on paperwork". A receptionist is picking the remnants of a low fat chicken tikka wrap from between her teeth. The phone rings. Read

The fringe benefits of Beckham's 'Boyzilian'

First we had to bend it like Beckham, and then we were invited to spend it like Beckham. Now we are encouraged to wax it like Beckham. Read