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Monthly Archives: June 2011

What’s On in Wolverhampton

Two legendary singers hitting the same stage 48 hours apart

30 June, 2011 in Music, What's on, Wolverhampton.

Tread the boards at Belgrade Theatre’s Summer School

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre is inviting the young people of Coventry to tread the boards in its first ever Belgrade Summer School

30 June, 2011 in Coventry, Education, Theatre.

Tories Take to the Streets in Summer of Discontent

Dozens, if not hundreds, of cabinet ministers have taken to the streets today for a better financial deal following a breakdown in talks with the rest of the country.

30 June, 2011 in Gardening, Most recent, Open Government, The Debate, Uncategorized.

D’Arranged Marriage

On Saturday 23 July, internationally acclaimed production, D’Arranged Marriage, heads to The Public in West Bromwich.

29 June, 2011 in Art and Leisure, Dance, Music, Theatre, What's on.

Bodies in the Library: time’s ticking

“…all the more reason to take the chance and have a wander round Architect John Madin’s radical design.”

29 June, 2011 in Architecture, Birmingham, Books, Education, Exhibitions, Local history, Politics, Style and Design.

Success for Big Build

Work has begun on a new Marie Curie hospice in Solihull, thanks to a recent charity appeal.

29 June, 2011 in Architecture, Business, Solihull.

Kings Heath’s Growing for Gold.

“Kings Heath has become the edible gardening hub of Birmingham” according to broadcaster, author and local resident Alys Fowler.

29 June, 2011 in Education, Features, Moseley and Kings Heath.

Merchant of Venice: Review

Richard Lutz takes his seat at Stratford- on- Vegas for the latest Royal Shakespeare Company play. This is a production you will either love or hate: Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice placed emphatically and over the top in Las Vegas complete with Elvis, casinos, drunk gamblers and a Yank accents (some of them suspect). It is…

29 June, 2011 in Comedy, Comment, Stratford-upon-Avon, Theatre, Uncategorized.

Small Heath Park Lodge: abandoned?

What would happen to a private individual who leased a property from a charitable trust and then let that property go to rack and ruin?

29 June, 2011 in Architecture, Birmingham, Business, Comment, Environment, Features, Tourism.

Solihull grants casino licence

The successful applicants to build a new casino at the NEC have been announced

29 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Business, Faith, Health, Most recent, Solihull.

Soap Star In Brum Fund Run

This year’s Great Birmingham Run has attracted celebrity backing

29 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Health, Medicine, NHS.

BBC Off By Heart Shakespeare schools contest

Teenagers from around the UK will be taking part this autumn in a national contest for secondary schools as part of the BBC’s Shakespeare Season.

28 June, 2011 in Education, Features, Theatre.

New season, new website for Coventry theatre

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced details of its new Autumn/Winter Season

28 June, 2011 in Comedy, Coventry, Dance, Music, Theatre.

Birmingham City Council come clean on plans for the Martineau Centre

Birmingham City Council’s plans to sell off a much loved local community facility are at an advanced stage

28 June, 2011 in Architecture, Birmingham, Business, Education, Politics.

Take That and Party

Dave Woodhall wonders if it really is 2011

28 June, 2011 in Aston, Comment, Food and drink, Health, Music, NHS.

The Heat, Brummies and The Long Long Evenings

I’m not one to go on and on about Birmingham. Just like I was never one to go on and on about other cities I lived in

27 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Comment, Most recent, The Debate, Tourism, Uncategorized.

Enjoying the taste of Touchwood

Touchwood gave Solihull residents the chance to sample the sensational new menus available at a selection of its top restaurants this summer, at its exciting free food festival.

27 June, 2011 in Business, Eating out, Food and drink, Solihull, Style and Design.

Coventry ‘Living Lab’ to put city at the forefront of eco-friendly innovation

Coventry is set to become a hotbed for low carbon innovation after Coventry University awarded global ‘Living Labs’ status by the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL).

27 June, 2011 in Architecture, Business, Coventry, Education, Environment.

Business angel brings joy to Brum business

Tomorrow People has introduced a new management team after securing £150,000 of angel funding to launch an innovative inbound marketing methodology.

27 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Business, Features.

People ‘POhWER’

Television’s Lorraine Kelly will be at the Town Hall in Birmingham City Centre tomorrow evening to help celebrate the 15th anniversary of the creation of the national advocacy charity, POhWER

27 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Business, What's on.

Building the West Midlands’ low carbon economy

“Houses that sweat, chimneys that soak up heat, and solar power systems for cloudy climates – as the housing industry gets back on its feet, there are terrific opportunities in green technology”

27 June, 2011 in Architecture, Business, Features, Property Press.

What’s On at the Robin

Progs and rockers in Bilston this week.

27 June, 2011 in Bilston, Music, What's on.

Appreciating architecture

“…a cultural divide exists between the arts and business communities in Birmingham over the appreciation of modern architecture”

25 June, 2011 in Architecture, Birmingham, Books, Local history, Property Press.

The China Visit, Human Rights and Wrongs

Two Chinese faces peep out from the front pages of the papers this week: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and activist Ai Weiwei.

25 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Business, Comment, Longbridge, Most recent, Motoring, Northfield, Politics, Stratford-upon-Avon, The Debate, Uncategorized.

…Long Live the King

Alex Who? wonders Blues fan Andy Munro while welcoming a new manager to St Andrews.

24 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Comment, Football.

Welcome To Birmingham

Dave Woodhall raises a few points he would like brought up when Chinese leader Wen Jiabao comes to town

24 June, 2011 in Business, Faith, Longbridge, Most recent, Politics, Property Press.

Take That and Travel

It’s not only music lovers who are being advised to steer clear of Villa Park next week.

24 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Football, Music, Transport.

Mass Troop Withdrawal from Battlefield Wimbledon

AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM OUR SPORT EDITOR HOWARD ‘BUTCH’ ELSTON

24 June, 2011 in Comment, Politics, Sport, Tennis, Uncategorized.

Parents fail to set ‘good’ example

More than a quarter of children in Birmingham don’t play ANY sport outside of school, with parents found guilty of setting a bad example, according to new research.

24 June, 2011 in Birmingham, Cricket, Football, Sport, Style and Design, Television.

Rethink Afghanistan

“In the face of failure war leaders never hesitate to invent new aims to justify keeping the war going,” reckons Alan Clawley

23 June, 2011 in Business, Comment, Politics.

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