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Bomb disposal squad called in to Birmingham tower block

Birmingham Post — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:46:00 GMT

Police called in Army bomb disposal experts and evacuated a Birmingham tower block after suspicious items were discovered.

Joe Holyoak: HS2 station in Birmingham could be disastrous for Digbeth

Birmingham Post — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:01:00 GMT

We have heard a lot about objections to the proposed High Speed 2 railway line between London and Birmingham, from residents of the Chilterns and rural Warwickshire, whose lives are going to be affected by the new route. In Birmingham it is different.

Review: Life Is A Dream, Birmingham Opera Company, Argyle Works, Digbeth

Birmingham Post — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Birmingham Opera Company has long cherished the ambition of commissioning and producing a new opera. The result – Jonathan Dove’s Life is a Dream – is inspirational. Dove and librettist Alasdair Middleton have created a big, richly dramatic opera with a compelling plot, peopled by fascinatingly human characters. In short, it’s the real thing, performed with bravura by a company at the top of its game.

48Sheet art project to transform billboards across Birmingham

Birmingham Post — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:56:00 GMT

A billboard project will see the work of world-renowned painters displayed all over Birmingham during April. Jon Perks discovers the inspiration behind 48Sheet.

Helicopter heaven for Birmingham Opera Company during Cultural Olympics

Birmingham Post — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Birmingham Opera Company will stage the world premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s spectacular Mittwoch (Wednesday) in an old chemical plant in Digbeth as part of this summer’s Olympics arts festival - with a string quartet performing from overhead helicopters.

History project for Birmingham's Irish and African-Caribbean communities

Birmingham Post — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:29:00 GMT

The lives and work of Birmingham’s Irish and African-Caribbean communities is to be the subject of a wide-ranging two-year project.

Digbeth agency creates new Ann Summers microsite

Birmingham Post — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:43:00 GMT

A Birmingham-based digital agency has completed work for Ann Summers to develop a new microsite and supporting mobile apps to launch a model competition as part of its consumer brand re-launch.

Connaught Square plan for Birmingham Irish Quarter bites the dust

Birmingham Post — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:07:00 GMT

The final nail has been driven into the coffin of £150 million plans to regenerate Birmingham’s Irish Quarter, it has been revealed.

Protesters campaign to save Island House from demolition

Birmingham Post — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:57:00 GMT

A former art and design student who took classes at the threatened Island House was among protesters demanding the 100-year-old Birmingham building be saved from demolition.

Birmingham historian Carl Chinn joins fight to save Island House from demolition

Birmingham Post — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:05:00 GMT

Birmingham historian Carl Chinn has joined the campaign to save the Island House building in Eastside from demolition.