Birmingham orchestra announces date
Charity date for sinfonia.
Look back in apathy
Dave Woodhall looks back on 2014-15 at Villa Park.
Tales from a freelance
Richard Lutz continues his slow rise forty years ago to journalistic mediocrity
Neame that tune
Yet more jazz for the weekend.
Review: Analogue Tales: Sounds from Arden
Richard Lutz tunes into a new album from a Birmingham songwriter.
Images of democracy
Do we take democracy for granted? asks Alan Clawley.
Small Heath Credit Union 25 years old
Landmark celebration for community group.
Birmingham Fest 2015 line up announced
Birmingham Fest is back , and the Old Joint Stock Theatre’s line up is bigger than ever.
National outdoor dance company to perform in Bromsgrove
Artix birthday celebrations continue with highly acclaimed drama.
£1 million boost helps drive Bentley production
Metal manufacturer acquires investment for production of luxury car parts.
The apprentice apprentices
West Midlands students go head to head in first round of national Young Enterprise competition.
Newsroom days: Rising without trace
Richard Lutz continues his early assault on the world of journalism as a cub reporter.
Outdoor screenings and performances launched at mac
Tickets now available for summer fun.
Discover Anne Frank’s story at Millennium Point
Exhibition will highlight Holocaust victim.
From Disney World to Kings Heath park
Family fun walk will pay back mothers debt of gratitude to disabled charity.
Birmingham’s Staying Cool enters the Hall of Fame
Honour for city centre accommodation.
Raising the roof – the Drum needs you
Newtown arts centre The Drum with news of their new venture.
Review: The Siege
Richard Lutz reviews a play that emerges from the refugee camps of the West Bank.
Birmingham singer-songwriter releases new album
Local influences on acclaimed musician’s new work.
Birmingham school leavers offered hospitality opportunity
Charity provides training places.
Summer activities at Ironbridge Gorge
There’ll be plenty to do at the world heritage site’s museums.
Not only, but…
Also is a festival with a difference.
Birmingham’s hidden gems to be discovered on social media
Unique social media event to highlight exclusive city locations.
Living in a box
Disabled children’s charity looking for volunteer to be locked in glass box for 50 hours.
Borrowers aim to increase community and reduce waste
Launch of Borroclub will ignite the sharing economy in the West Midlands.
Public asked to vote for best Brindleyplace Memory
Chance to celebrate anniversary in style.
UK’s first consumer technology startup conference heads to Birmingham
Digbeth date for tech entrepreneurs.
Fun run aids hospice
Runners thanked for contribution.
Howard shock exclusive: the Septic Bladder Interview
Sir Howard Elton, confidante of the football world and its poverty-stricken players, sits down with disgraced FIFA boss Septic Bladder. < /strong>
Days of My Youth: 2nd June, 1975
Richard Lutz walked into his first newsroom 40 years ago today – 2 June, 1975. He revisits his entry into journalism that began a slow rise to mediocrity.