From Lord Harry of Palmer: Invitation to: SSSI – Sites of Social Special Interest No.3 Harbourne Victorian gents toilet. Join Harry Palmer on a pictorial survey of one of Birmingham’s last remaining Victorian still-in-use toilets Sat 22nd March 12-1pm. Meet outside Harbourne Library (top of the high street). Please bring a sketch pad and pens. … [Read more…]
Thanks to Julia for covering Created in Birmingham while I was away. However, on returning I’m still kinda stupid busy so, since he’d previously expressed an interest in doing this kind of blogging, have asked Danny Smith to have a go for a few days. We were in the pub Sunday and he was telling … [Read more…]
£9.2m funding to promote arts in Birmingham – Birmingham Post Major arts organisations in Birmingham are to get a three-year funding deal from the city council for the first time.Bodies including the CBSO, Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre will share a £9.2 million pot. (tags: funding CBSO BRB Rep theatre orchestra ballet) … [Read more…]
Do you use the social bookmarking service del.icio.us? Do you come across links that might be of interest to Created in Birmingham readers? Can you really not be faffed to email me the link? If you can answer all these questions with a Yes then read on. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about … [Read more…]
While the ceremony for the Guardian Media Awards might have been a bit of a farce, the philosophy behind the awards is a good one, celebrating innovation rather than some arbitrary metric of “success”. And I don’t just say that because Created in Birmingham got one. In Monday’s Guardian there was a supplement featuring interviews … [Read more…]
Who can you spot? (No pun intended.) via BiNS
1000 True Fans is all you need “A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author – in other words, anyone producing works of art – needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living.” (tags: theory selling via:jez)
Mistress have officially split up “Leaving leave behind them a rich legacy of abject misery, self abuse, bleak obsession with evil and fist-in-the-air, pelvic rock” (tags: mistress music bands via:russl) John Mostyn’s Blog Early days but I suspect this could be a good’un. Expect fireworks. (tags: blogs johnmostyn music)