Month: July 2007

Iron roads

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Film Studio Required

Film Birmingham‘s Susie Norton is pushing for a film studio to be established in the city, according to an article in the Post: We believe a Birmingham studio would help to boost the level of investment by film crews in the city. If we want production teams to come to Birmingham in the numbers that … [Read more…]

Expect Disruptions

You might have noticed some gaps in my posting to this blog recently, so it’s only fair I give a heads up. I’m currently in the process of moving and starting a new job and while this won’t affect Created in Birmingham in the long term (I’m 100% committed to this blog) things might get … [Read more…]

Audiences Central Jobs Listings

Audiences Central is a West Mids organisation that “works across the region assisting and supporting arts and cultural organisations in the development of audiences for all forms of art” they’ve started up a pretty keen looking a jobs section. Here’s the skinny: * Jobs are free to submit and listings are supplied as RSS feeds. … [Read more…]

Supersonic Preview

Drowned in Sound has a great interview with Capsule’s Lisa Mayer previewing this weekend’s Supersonic Festival at the Custard Factory, outlining where the festival came from, what it’s all about and what’s scheduled. We’ve been doing Capsule now since 1999. Basically, the way we started was because we both had pretty eclectic musical taste and … [Read more…]

Spotted Dog update

Previously… Regular appreciator of loud music Russ L overviews the whole thing and throws in his couple of pennies. After being repeatedly told Digbeth was not dead, Moseley councillor Martin Mullaney tours the pubs and compares them to his home stretch on the Alcester Rd. As has been pointed out already (by Russ above), he … [Read more…]

Through the Viewfinder

The View Finder is the latest project to appear at the Festival of Xtreme Building site on Moor St Queensway. The View Finder is the result of a collaborative process between an architect Will Schofield of Glenn Howells, five schools and the community of Sheldon. Visitors who seek to enter the inside will discover that … [Read more…]