Birmingham made it to number 19 in The New York Times’ list of 45 Places to Go in 2012. Here’s the entry: Olive, the BBC’s food magazine, recently startled British gourmands when it declared Birmingham, England’s second largest city, the United Kingdom’s “foodiest town,” ahead of London and Edinburgh. The award came last October, just as Birmingham … [Read more…]
Tributes to Tessa Sidey, fine art curator at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery One of many tributes to Tessa Sidley Digital journalist & shameless parish gossip « Custard Factory Having read the job description, is journalist a more acceptable word for marketer these days? Either way, there’s an interesting job going Birmingham music groups urged … [Read more…]
BBC iPlayer – The Politics Show West Midlands: 17/01/2010 Birmingham’s City of Culture bid gets profiled at 46 mins 20s Poetry Workshop with Roz Goddard On 6 Feb, promising that “This workshop will look at ways we can re-seed the ground we love to produce fresh, exciting poems. You will look at startling beginnings, expressing … [Read more…]
stitches and hos October 09 The ‘little knitting hootenanny’ is back at the Hare & Hounds on Tues 27 October. Wool and needles provided, everyone’s welcome and they insist you don’t even have to be any good Snowman Colouring Competition winners Congratulations to the winners of The Rep’s competition 7 Inch Cinema » Living and … [Read more…]