• The Birmingham Central Library demolition had the official go ahead yesterday, doesn’t come a surprise – but disappointing nonetheless for fans of the brute. BBC news via keeptheziggurat
• Once upon a time there was Birmingham: It’s Not Shit. Paradise Circus: A Birmingham Miscellany
• LynTyler, Love is a corset exhibition at Urban Coffee Company
• Competition to design Birmingham pavilion
• Turning Point West Midlands Free Business Development sessions for artists
• Small Change Fund and how to apply Barrow Cadbury Trust
• Walsall Fashion Week is a charity fundraiser taking place in January, organised by students at Walsall College and a staff member of the Students Union.

A few things Flatpack:

• Some photos of Flatpack’s Silent Night event last Friday, taken by @jassansi
• First Light have partnered with Flatpack Festival and Creative Skillset to offer a 4 day residential course that will provide participants with a thorough understanding of the changing film finance landscape
• Flatpack launched a kickstarter to fund their festival hub ‘palais’ for next year (we wrote a little something about Flatpack’s Kickstarter this morning)