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Alun Thorne: JLR is right to feel aggrieved

Birmingham Post — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

When David Smith assesses his Christmas card list he may well be striking off one Lord Mandelson of Hartlepool and Foy.

Alun Thorne: A grand day out – for Gary

Birmingham Post — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Listening to a radio phone-in in the car outside Wembley after Villa had succumbed to Manchester United in the Carling Cup Final, one caller particularly stuck in my mind.

Alun Thorne: Hollow victory reveals much

Birmingham Post — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:06:00 GMT

It was on the beach at Cannes that the world was first introduced to the ‘mankini’.

Alun Thorne: Time to backtrack a bit?

Birmingham Post — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:33:00 GMT

There was a fleeting moment last week when I thought I was going to have to say something nice about a politician.

Alun Thorne: Romancing the stone

Birmingham Post — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

The tale of two enigmatic artefacts with something of a cursed history have been making the headlines this week.

Alun Thorne: Some things are worth saving

Birmingham Post — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT

There are always winners and losers in the regeneration game. Indeed, if delivering a city’s renaissance was painless then it wouldn’t take such an interminably long time to do.

Alun Thorne: Don’t bank on government

Birmingham Post — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT

I can’t help wondering if Lord Mandelson of Foy has something of a secret chocolate fetish.

Alun Thorne: Have we got the white stuff to deal with snow?

Birmingham Post — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:40:00 GMT

When I was at infants’ school an Australian boy called Greg appeared in my class for a term.

Alun Thorne: Was there really ever any intention to take Government jobs out of London?

Birmingham Post — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:22:00 GMT

It is almost six years since former chief executive of Birmingham City Council Michael Lyons published his review calling for the relocation of at least 20,000 civil servants out of London and the south east by March 2010.

Alun Thorne: Still stuck around the M25

Birmingham Post — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:35:00 GMT

That Sir Michael Lyons has got quite a lot to answer for.