- 7inch October listings
“a list of interesting things happening around Birmingham over the next 31 days or so”. You should definitely sign up to their newsletter - Turning Point West Midlands | Visual Art and Craft in the West Midlands
A run-down of the venues, collections, festivals, schools and artist support programmes, as well as ways of buying the stuff - Radio Birmingham audio slideshow
This audio slideshow was produced by Pete Simpkin, and used when he gave talks about the work of Radio Birmingham in the 1970s - K4 Architects designs £50m Birmingham fire station revamp | News | Building Design
A big, average-looking tower. Splendid. - Imperica – Celebrating imperfection
Interview with Antonio Roberts - Creative England opens for business
Congrats to Maverick TV’s Jonnie Turpie on being among the first seven people appointed to the board - Dub to Jungle Documentary – YouTube
Video about Punch’s recent tour with an interview with Ammo Talwar (among others) - Dear Mr Whitby – Raw Data Now : daveharte.com
“What really got me irritated today is Councillor Mike Whitby, leader of Birmingham City Council, bleating on about Birmingham getting marginalised when he could actually do something to help Birmingham become a thriving centre of digital creativity.” Everyone loves a rant - Department for Culture Media and Sport – lottery grants search
Related to the previous link (sort of). Oh look, a big list of National Lottery grants given to Birmingham arts projects over the years - Bank of England to launch new £50 note
“Inventor James Watt and his financial backer Matthew Boulton to feature on new £50 note, to be issued on 2 November”