Local Music festival a resounding success
The first ever Lichfield Rocks festival raised over £2,500 for St Giles Hospice in Whittington.
Serving up a family size dose of George’s Marvellous Medicine
Hotel Teatro presents the fantastic well loved story, George’s Marvellous Medicine at Artrix.
The joy of trees
This week Laurence Inman is in an arboreal mood.
The Old Joint Stock’s 150th Birthday
Have you ever looked around this wonderful building? Time to do so.
Carnival advice
“Have a safe and enjoyable carnival” is the police message to anyone attending Sunday’s Handsworth festivities.
“I’ll say yes to tens of thousands of dollars”
Dave Woodhall talks to Andy Fraser, bass player with Free and inadvertent seller of blockbuster films.
Aid for rail collection
There’s good news for a local museum.
Polar explorer encourages Birmingham businesses to get adventurous
A Midlands-based polar explorer is encouraging local businesses to take advantage of a new high-tech facility in the region.
Shappi Khorsandi: Live – UK tour 2013
Shappi Khorsandi is one of the hottest comedy prospects in the country. She is back with a brand new show for 2013: Live
Satnav warning following court case
Motorists are being urged by a road safety charity to concentrate at all times following the case of a driver who killed a cyclist while she was altering her satnav.
Suburban Birmingham from the Archives
This film from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) investigates Suburban Birmingham
Martineau Gardens wins Best Green Space Award
A Community Garden and oasis for wildlife, in Edgbaston, has been recognised as one of the best community run green spaces in the country
The keys to the coffin works handed over
After more than 10 years of fundraising and development, Birmingham Conservation Trust has announced that work is starting on the city’s newest heritage attraction.
Engineering pedal power
Engineers from Birmingham-based building services provider J S Wright turned to pedal power to raise an impressive £1,525 for the British Heart Foundation.
Charity cheque handed over to Mayor
A cheque worth over £1,000 has been presented to the Mayor of Wolverhampton in support of her designated charities.
This week at the Robin
There’s definitely some unusual events taking place.
Flying for fun
From wartime classrooms to building your own glider, the RAF Museum at Cosford has plenty going on during the summer holidays.
Eat together, play together
Advice on staying healthy from medical experts.
The taming of the Tigers
Andy Munro gets some pre-season training at St Andrews.
The Big Give Garden Party
With no forecast of snow for the area, Sunday 28th July will be a good day to enjoy one of the glorious gardens of the Cotswolds.
Here we go again
Terry Wills looks forward to the start of another new season at the Hawthorns.
New report – Don’t stigmatise the families of gang members
Young people join ‘gangs’ in response to a multitude of hardships and the role of the family should not be exaggerated or stigmatised, says a team of criminologists at London Metropolitan University.
Birmingham – an airport for Britain
Birmingham Airport has today published its response to the Airports Commission’s challenge to deliver aviation capacity in the long-term.
Birmingham Rep reopens 3rd September
Birmingham Repertory Theatre re-opens to the public following its major refurbishment with the sell-out National Theatre production of Alan Bennett’s new play, People.
40 years plus at Wolves Uni
A University of Wolverhampton member of staff has retired after more than 40 years of service for the institution.
Maureen Lipman returns to Birmingham Rep
Maureen Lipman returns to Birmingham Repertory Theatre this October in a brand new play by Oliver Cotton, Daytona.
Covent Garden heads to Brum
Retail Birmingham will be brightening the streets of the city centre with a month long programme of ‘Street Performance Saturdays’
Memo to all sections in Department of Health
Laurence Inman has seen a secret memo and, in true Wikileaks fashion, reveals its contents just prior to his arrest.
Teachers celebrate long service and say goodbye to their history boy
Dedicated teachers and staff who clocked up a combined total of more than 560 years at Aldridge School have said goodbye to the longest serving member of staff.
The Old Dance School – UK tour
Special home-town show for stunning cinematic folk septet The Old Dance School, as part of their UK tour, to be recorded for live release.