This week and next there’ll be a new contributor on CiB. Ahmed Ahmed won B-Hive 2011’s Digital category and so, lucky guy that he is, he’s now doing a placement with me at Made Media. Ahmed’s also the guy behind the Dine Birmingham blog, in case you’ve come across that. I thought looking after this site would … [Read more…]
Fused have produced a new Area Student Guide and a guide to Chinatown. Open publication Open publication
The Moseley Folk Festival was its usual mix of good music and great atmosphere. There are already bundles of photos from the weekend up on Flickr. Stanthefan and katchooo have been impressively prolific but this one’s from Adrian and Sarah: And this one’s by Leodensian: That’ll be Hannah from Boat To Row playing her last … [Read more…]
икониOk, so the new thing from Polarbear isn’t being performed in Birmingham yet but hopefully it will at some point: OLD ME is me speaking directly, warts and all about what happens when you’ve figured out what you want and where your inspiration comes from. What happens when the life you have created is a … [Read more…]
Birmingham Hippodrome – Boys Required For Roles In Oliver! “The producers are looking for boys who are aged 7 – 12, under 5 foot tall and have unbroken voices. All children must live within a 45 mile radius of Birmingham to audition for these roles” BIAD : Events Calendar – September 2011 Info … [Read more…]
Birmingham Loves Photographers is still a very enjoyable blog. Which is a relief – I quite often get excited about a new face on the online scene, only for them to fizzle out after a couple of weeks (often when it turns out it was just a student’s university project). Anyway, BLP is worth a … [Read more…]
Something to get involved in if you live over Kings Norton, Longbridge, Weoley Castle or Northfield way. Here are some links: Northfield Arts Forum A proposed arts trail An interview with Laura Yates, arts forum co-ordinator
Drive Home by Poppy Tibbetts and Jodi Ann Bickley The rest of the EP – two duets by Jodi and Poppy Tibbetts and a solo track by each – is worth a listen but this track grabbed me.