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Review: Dweezil Zappa plays Hot Rats

Richard Lutz chews his pew over Hot Rats at Birmingham Town Hall.

4 days ago 12 December, 2019 in Music, Reviews.

Voting and the long poisonous shadow of the referendum

Richard Lutz braces himself for an election that will stop the country cold in its winter tracks.

5 days ago 11 December, 2019 in Brexit, Comment, Politics.

Two weeks, two walks, two winter days

Richard Lutz treks through the changes of winter.

1 week ago 7 December, 2019 in Features, Most recent, Photography, Tourism, Worcestershire.

Review: The Boy in The Dress

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a feel.good musical about change and friendship.

2 weeks ago 5 December, 2019 in Childrens, Music, Theatre.

Review: Jools Holland at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall

Richard Lutz survives a full assault of Jools Holland.

1 December, 2019 in Most recent, Music, Television.

From Everest to Embleton, it’s a mountain of plastic, paper and polystyrene

Sheilagh Matheson walks on an award-winning beach but has to pick her way through a wasteland of rubbish. 

26 November, 2019 in Comment, Environment, Most recent, Tourism, Travel.

Screengrab: The Irishman

Richard Lutz takes in a long eulogy to the Mafia life.

20 November, 2019 in Art and Leisure, Film, Most recent.

The fingerprints of man on the edge of winter

Richard Lutz roams through another week.

16 November, 2019 in Architecture, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Most recent, Tourism, Travel.

RSC Review: A Museum in Baghdad

Richard Lutz watches two plays on the same Stratford stage. But does it work?

13 November, 2019 in Most recent, Theatre.

Review: Carlos Acosta, Birmingham Hippodrome

Richard Lutz takes a pew for a Cuban spectacle.

12 November, 2019 in Art and Leisure, Dance, Most recent.

Of haws, herons and hawks

Richard Lutz takes in the autumn. 

9 November, 2019 in Environment, Features, Tourism, Travel, West Midlands, Worcestershire.

Opera Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

Richard Lutz takes his pew at the Birmingham Hippodrome.

8 November, 2019 in Art and Leisure, Classical, Music, Theatre.

Advocate for an Advocaat

Sheilagh Matheson raises a glass or two.

6 November, 2019 in Comment, Cookery, Food and drink, Most recent, Television.

Bonkers brexit bonanza ballot

Richard Lutz checks into Hotel Ballotbox.

5 November, 2019 in Brexit, Elections, Most recent, Politics, Television.

RSC review: Shakespeare swaps genders in the swinging sixties

Richard Lutz takes his pew for King John at Stratford’s Swan Theatre.

3 November, 2019 in Most recent, Theatre.

The town that doesn’t see itself

Sheilagh Matheson works in an African community so poor it can’t afford mirrors.

23 October, 2019 in Charities, Comment, Features, Medicine, Most recent, Television, Travel.

All aboard: First plans go in for revamped Camp Hill rail line

Richard Lutz reports on a step forward in opening the Moseley/Kings Heath train line.

22 October, 2019 in Business, Construction, Kings Heath, Kings Norton, Moseley and Kings Heath, Most recent, Politics, Transport, Travel.

Review: Some Like It Hip Hop

Richard Lutz rakes his pew for a lively night down at The Birmingham Hippodrome

18 October, 2019 in Art and Leisure, Dance, Music.

Review: Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of)

A cheeky take on Jane Austen’s classic comedy of manners tickles Richard Lutz’s ribs. 

18 October, 2019 in Art and Leisure, Books, Comedy, Most recent, Music, Theatre.

Review: Dada Masilo’s Giselle

strong>Richard Lutz watches a classic ballet stunningly turned on its head.

15 October, 2019 in Art and Leisure, Birmingham, Dance, Music.

Review: Prism at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a moving journey through the past.

9 October, 2019 in Art and Leisure, Film, Most recent, Theatre.

What autumn brings

Richard Lutz says goodbye to a friend.

7 October, 2019 in Architecture, Climate, Comment, Community, Faith, Most recent, Travel.

Howard: Thomas Cook bosses hit back over bonuses

Sir Howard Elston’s latest report on the big bucks doled out to troubled travel group chief honcho.

24 September, 2019 in Most recent, Satire, Tourism, Travel.

Right royal messes and other stories

Richard Lutz reports on another blighted week in Old Blighty. 

21 September, 2019 in Brexit, Elections, Media, Most recent, Politics, Radio.

Cameron is where the blame lies

Richard Lutz points the finger of blame at you-know-who.

15 September, 2019 in Brexit, Comment, Most recent, Politics.

Britain braced for Hurricane Bojo

Take to the storm cellars, warns our Westminster hack Lord Howie Elston.

3 September, 2019 in Politics, Satire.

Britain: Broken, bedevilled, betrayed

Richard Lutz watches democracy go down the pan.

29 August, 2019 in Brexit, Business, Comment, Democratise, Elections, Electoral reform, Europe, Most recent, Politics.

My no-deal letter to my MP

Richard Lutz tries to persuade his MP to turn his back on No Deal come October.

15 August, 2019 in Brexit, Comment, Most recent, Politics.

Howard’s Big Ask: Is tough guy Putin in charge of Hodge Hill?

b>Sir Howie Elston, scourge of the left and enemy of the right, with the burning shock query of the millennium:

7 August, 2019 in Most recent, Satire.

Requiem for a bloody nation

Richard Lutz on the double massacre in the US.

6 August, 2019 in Comment, Crime, Most recent, Politics.

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