Digbeth Summit report.

The Stirrer ran a debate on the future of Digbeth at the Spotted Dog pub last night which I wasn’t able to attend. Here’s the write-up and the debate continues on the message board.

4Talent Commisioning Comp.

4Talent are running a Commissioning Competition which also combines a talent search and training session. Sort of. To enter submit “three ideas that you think could work as a 4Talent multimedia feature, along with a current CV and links to a showreel and/or examples of your work.” The successful 10 applicants will then be invited … [Read more…]

Music Knowledge Exchange

Andrew Dubber writes about a new project starting in his department at UCE (sorry, BCU) – an “Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Knowledge Transfer Fellowship.” Thankfully Andrew translates this into English and it does look pretty interesting. The Fellowship project will buy out half of my time for two years, starting with in February, … [Read more…]

UCE to BCU

Word on the wire is UCE will announce it’s changing its name to Birmingham City University on Monday. And I’m struggling to think of a comment that’s insightful or even vaguely witty about it.

Light House Birthday

Light House media and arts centre in Wolverhampton is celebrating its 21st birthday on Thursday 11 October with a party, a show and a DVD. The event is really aimed at past trainees and associates – the Light House Family if you will – but I got an invite so it’s not exactly exclusive. As … [Read more…]

Type Tours

BiNS has news of a series of walks lead by Ben Waddington of Birmingham Library concentrating on the design and typography history of the city as part of the Plus festival. Here are the dates: Type Tour of Digbeth – 17, 18, 19 October, 12.30 – 14.30pm Baskerville’s Birmingham – 20 October 12.30 – 14.30pm … [Read more…]