No tooth, nothing but the tooth

`Richard Lutz stumbles through another week.

When smoke gets in your laws

Richard Lutz on the need for drug law reform.

35 years on: I went on a demo

Richard Lutz takes to the streets filled with anti-Brexit protesters and latte.

Just a little bit

“I have treated the EU with nothing but respect,” claims Theresa May. Steve Beauchampé thinks otherwise.

Must do better

Steve Beauchampé chides the BBC over its coverage of Labour’s anti-semitism row.

City with the Fringe on top

Richard Lutz reviews his week and barely leaves Edinburgh alive after three days at the city’s incessant Festival.

In the Valley of Tig

Richard Lutz takes a wander through a small valley.

And if we tolerate this…

Steve Beauchampé calls for the media to take Conservative racism more seriously.

Home Run

Richard Lutz reviews his past week.

Sir Howard interviews totally honest Prez Trump

Sir Howard nabs another exclusive with Mr President.

Irish stew…and a bit of Trump too

Richard Lutz sums up another whacko week.

This is the week that is: Chapter 46

Richard Lutz steels himself for the week ahead.

Obituary: Ken Jackson

Tributes paid to former West Midlands journalist.

Living with a stammer

Adam Black writes about how his life was changed.

The world of (wrong) facts

Why Everything You Think You Know About the World Is Probably Wrong, warns writer Will Mapplebeck.

Greene-land and its offshore madhouse

Richard Lutz braves the whirlpool of the past week.

The Conservatives’ Brexit Dividend

Extending the timescale for Brexit could work to the Conservatives’ electoral advantage suggests Steve Beauchampé.

In the land of the anti-wind sucking snaffle

Richard Lutz finds solace from the inchoate wreckage of the last week.

Alan Clawley – A life less ordinary

Steve Beauchampé pays further tribute to the community activist and Birmingham Press columnist .

Alan Clawley

Tributes paid to Birmingham author and community activist.

Relatively speaking

Richard Lutz ambles through the wreckage of another week.

Mapplebeck: local stop at the polls

You may have heard, it’s election time again, warns Will Mapplebeck. Beware.

Double-dating

Richard Lutz scours the wreckage of the past week and blows out the birthday candles with a champ.

Call for refund by disappointed Stereophonics fans

Amanda Cook writes about the bitter experience of a snow-affected Stereophonics gig.

Future world

 Will Mapplebeck ponders the future.

Eire dynamics

Richard Lutz continues to scratch his head over a right Irish stew.

To Beeb or not to Beeb – and other questions of the week

Richard Lutz rifles through another mess of a week. – and a stormy one too

Why is Everyone so *&*$£ing Angry?

Is it just me or is everyone getting more pissed off? asks Will Mapplebeck

Le grand projet

Birmingham needs a city centre park says Steve Beauchampé, not the thin strip of tree-lined greensward offered in the Smithfield development.

Bullet points

Richard Lutz looks back balefully on the week.