15 July 2011 was the first anniversary of Birmingham not winning the title of City of Culture 2013. An odd thing to celebrate maybe, but Radar Magazine used it as an opportunity to get a load of people to talk about the creative or cultural experience that had most impressed them over the past year. … [Read more…]
A nod to Leonardo Morgado for flagging up this one. Speakers include Sarah Ballard, literary agent whose clients include Julian Barnes and Blake Morrison, Catheryn Kilgarriff of independent publishers Marion Boyars, and Luke Brown of Birmingham based Tindal St Press. Performers include poets from Nine Arches, Dan Holloway of Year Zero Writers, and stand-up philosopher Matthew Hammond. Tickets here and more info here.
The line-up for this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival is out. Two comments from my esteemed colleague Ian Ravenscroft (who knows his comedy): Is there anything that grabs your attention?
The Birmingham Post have reported on the plans to rename the ‘Gun Quarter‘. I’m with Sir Albert Bore on this one (except on the political correctness bit – not sure I get that): Like it or not, and I am not into the arms trade myself, the Gun Quarter has a historical connection with this … [Read more…]
Jon, Danny and Midge – friends of CiB all – are off on a road trip and are trying to raise £500 to make it happen. Here’s the plan: Two of Birmingham’s most committed journaleers and artists of human experience—a bi-polar working class warrior with a romantic streak you could drown a fascist in, and … [Read more…]
Good to see last weekend’s Birmingham Zine Festival looking busy. This is a slideshow from Antonio Roberts.
I subscribe to STACK because it’s brilliant. At the start of the month a package lands on your doormat containing an interesting magazine of some sort. This month we got Boat Magazine, produced by a London design studio. In their words: We pulled together the most talented people we know; writers, photographers, illustrators, musicians… gave … [Read more…]
The Hubb is another one of those places in Birmingham that I wish I could get down to a bit more often than I do. There’s another interesting-looking event on this Friday that I can’t make it to. The blurb from the press release says: Soul City Arts welcomes acclaimed author, Na’ima B. Robert, to … [Read more…]