links for 2008-02-03

Hi, We’re Creative Republic Their website has been overhauled explaining what it is they do. Go read. (tags: creativerepublic website) Multipack – A Community of Web Developers & Designers in Birmingham They’ve revamped their meetups which now take place every second Saturday at the Old Joint Stock. Next one is 9th Feb (tags: meetups multipack … [Read more…]

links for 2008-02-02

Home of the Hanuman Ian Edwards, aka H4NUM4N, has started blogging. (tags: blogs birmingham) Laundry LAUNDRY is an association of artists. We make art, projects and other stuff happen. Based in the Midlands apparently. To investigate in depth. (tags: collectives art)

links for 2008-02-01

More tweaking of the News River. These collections of links will appear within the blog once a day. They’re the same as on the river page. Enjoy. Brum bloggers Meetup 2 (Facebook) Monday, February 18, 2008. 7pm. Somewhere in central Brum with wifi and space. (tags: cib) New Kings Heath and Moseley radio station planned … [Read more…]

Rep not facing cuts after all

It seems Tory MP Michael Fabricant got his facts wrong when he said the Birmingham Rep was “no longer going to receive it’s funding” in the House of Commons. Anthony Herron inquired and is happy to report “the REP is not facing cuts it is likely to get an inflationary increase.” Thanks Ant.

Brumcast #84

Here’s Brumcast #84 [audio:http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-01-18T12_46_12-08_00.mp3]

Sour note

Sour note – terrific and concise defence of Birmingham Opera Company in the Times by Richard Morrison. Hard to pick a small bit so here’s three paragraphs: Well, as anyone who has dealt with the Arts Council will expect, the reasons have nothing to do with art or excellence. The Arts Council is miffed that … [Read more…]