University to mark 21st anniversary
Today, the University of Wolverhampton officially marks 21 years since it received university status.
This Week at the Robin
A couple of legendary names and a few legendary wannabes take the stage.
Festival fever in Southside
Southside has a season of sizzling festivals to turn up the heat in Birmingham’s most bustling district this summer.
Opera Company Helps Birmingham Music Students
How Welsh National Opera is helping city music students
Screengrab: When Wayne Met Wodehouse (Sort Of…)
What’s the best movie on tv this week? Richard Lutz has the answer
Honours not just about luvvies
A Birmingham police officer has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his work in the community.
Another quiet day in Paradise
Alan Clawley is really struggling to garner a useful reaction from Birmingham City Council.
Boulton’s legacy
Book review: Alan Clawley reviews Matthew Boulton – selling what all the world desires
The Duckworth Lewis Method
Uniting cricket with pop, The Duckworth Lewis Method bring their new album tour to Glee Club Birmingham on Sunday 29th September.
Innovation Birmingham’s Entrepreneurs for the Future programme x 70
The 70th innovative tech start-up has enrolled at the Entrepreneurs for the Future centre
Should we really be pissing weedkiller?
The Government is being urged to take urgent action on pesticides after laboratory tests found traces of the weed killer glyphosate in the bodies of people across numerous European countries, including Britain.
Children and War – Past and Present Conference – July 2013
A conference to highlight how war impacts on children has been organized by the University of Wolverhampton in conjunction with the University of Salzburg.
Southside gets spiritual with Tai Chi Stuff
This summer Birmingham’s Southside district is getting in touch with its inner Chi with a programme of uplifting Tai Chi classes in the Arcadian.
To Russia from Cov: Uni volunteers support Rugby World Cup Sevens
Over 40 students from Coventry University will be making their way to Moscow at the end of June to volunteer at the sixth IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament.
Practise entrepreneurial alchemy
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning is offering budding entrepreneurs and creative minds the chance to practise real alchemy during a high-octane start-up weekend at Cambridge Judge Business School
Great British Beer Festival 2013
In exactly two months time the doors of Britain’s biggest beer festival will open, offering over 800 real ales, ciders and perries from the UK’s best producers to slake the thirst of over 55,000 beer lovers.
Howard Scoop: Murdoch and Putin In Love Tryst
HOWARD ELSTON (DOA) with a world beating exclusive on Vlad and Rupert’s love entanglement
Review: A Mad World My Masters
Richard Lutz takes his seat at the RSC in Stratford for a rude funny Jacobean play called Mad World
Fry’s the limit
Laurence Inman on having it all yet having nothing and has some words of advice for Stephen Fry.
Noumoucounda Cissoko live at The Kitchen Garden
Direct from Dakar and hailed the ‘Jimi Hendrix of Africa’, Noumoucanda Cissoko explores the explosive possibilities of the Kora.
Bromsgrove Folk Festival returns to its spiritual home
Now in its 22nd year the Bromsgrove Folk Festival returns to its spiritual home, The Bowling Green Inn, Shaw Lane, Stoke Prior.
Still a Crazy Horse
Andy Munro reports on grunge godfather Neil Young’s visit to the NIA
Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment
Financial advisers from across the West Midlands attended a course on auto enrolment yesterday – the new regime for workplace pensions that has begun to roll out.
For the Benefit of Mr Burney
There will be a chance to pay tribute to a doyen of the Birmingham music scene next month.
Total shutdown of Greek ‘BBC’ is unacceptable for an EU democracy – Bennion
The sudden shutdown of all channels of Greece’s national broadcasting company by the Greek government is ‘unacceptable for an EU democracy’, says West Mids and Warks Lib Dem MEP Phil Bennion.
Alfie Smith Memorial Concert
The Public will be hosting a special concert in memory of Black Country legend, poet and entertainer, Alfie, on 21st June.
Tamed with a Smile
In 2010 The World Monuments Fund added Dudley Zoo’s collection of 1930s concrete buildings to its ‘at risk’ register.
Road rage
When is a law not a law? When it’s a motoring law, argues Dave Woodhall.
Science on the streets of Wolverhampton
Lecturers and staff from the University of Wolverhampton’s will be taking science to people on the streets of the city centre as part of a celebration of science, engineering and technology.
University scoops clutch of awards for ‘green’ achievements
Coventry University has been awarded a series of accolades in recognition of its green credentials