The National Trust recently made the details of over 700,000 of the objects in their care available online for the first time. I quick search for objects around Birmingham reveals 1,350 items, a fair few of them with accompanying pictures. You can check out the online collection at nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. If anyone spots anything particularly good in there, … [Read more…]
Celebrate African beauty and fashion as a part of Black History Month at Dress to Impress on 21 October at 6 – 8pm. Hosted at National Trust’s Back to Backs, Nkem Nwachukwu will present a unique workshop, looking at different cultural ideas of beauty and explore the Back to Backs very own 1970’s Tailors Shop. … [Read more…]
Halloween might not be my bag but at least it’s an excuse to put some interesting events on. Aside from the Ikon Eastside closing party there are a fair number of Halloween-themed things going on. These are they (all happening on Friday 31 October, except the last two): The National Trust are putting on events … [Read more…]