Articles...
Sep 4 2008
A lower skyline, multi-use buildings, an increase in green spaces and solar energy, and fewer people working in the city centre. This is IT giant Microsoft’s vision for Birmingham in 2033....
Aug 12 2008
Birmingham City Council has been left red-faced after using a photograph of Birmingham, Alabama, in an official leaflet about recyling in the city....
Mar 28 2008
As expected, tickets for the Sex Pistols' show at Birmingham's Carling Academy on June 11 sold out within an hour of going on sale today....
Jan 26 2008
Sukhdev Singh Bhomra, president of Birmingham Law Society, nearly stole the show this week. Speaking at the President's Dinner in the Town Hall he fell to reminiscing....
Jan 23 2008
Letters to the Editor...
Jan 20 2008
Bond girl Britt Ekland - at the Hotel du Vin for a Birmingham Press Club event - left the hacks shaken and stirred. She was in Birmingham to help the Press Club's sponsors, Royal Mail, launch their new set of James Bond stamps based on the Ian Fleming book covers. ...
Jan 7 2008
Could a blend of Balkan gypsy jazz, Celtic influences and dhol drums be the new sound of Birmingham? Terry Grimley meets Louis Robinson, founder of the dazzling Destroyers....
Dec 21 2007
Mike Davies reviews the latest cinema releases, including Alvin and the Chipmunks, I Am Legend and Balls Of Fury...
Nov 27 2007
Birmingham Festival Choral Society * * * *at Adrian Boult HallReview by Richard Bratby...
Nov 26 2007
Peter Bacon's weekly round-up of the jazz scene....