What’s On in Wolverhampton
Two legendary singers hitting the same stage 48 hours apart
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
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.
D’Arranged Marriage
On Saturday 23 July, internationally acclaimed production, D’Arranged Marriage, heads to The Public in West Bromwich.
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.”
Success for Big Build
Work has begun on a new Marie Curie hospice in Solihull, thanks to a recent charity appeal.
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.
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…
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?
Solihull grants casino licence
The successful applicants to build a new casino at the NEC have been announced
Soap Star In Brum Fund Run
This year’s Great Birmingham Run has attracted celebrity backing
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.
New season, new website for Coventry theatre
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced details of its new Autumn/Winter Season
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
Take That and Party
Dave Woodhall wonders if it really is 2011
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
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.
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).
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.
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
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”
What’s On at the Robin
Progs and rockers in Bilston this week.
Appreciating architecture
“…a cultural divide exists between the arts and business communities in Birmingham over the appreciation of modern architecture”
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.
…Long Live the King
Alex Who? wonders Blues fan Andy Munro while welcoming a new manager to St Andrews.
Welcome To Birmingham
Dave Woodhall raises a few points he would like brought up when Chinese leader Wen Jiabao comes to town
Take That and Travel
It’s not only music lovers who are being advised to steer clear of Villa Park next week.
Mass Troop Withdrawal from Battlefield Wimbledon
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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.
Rethink Afghanistan
“In the face of failure war leaders never hesitate to invent new aims to justify keeping the war going,” reckons Alan Clawley