West End star Simon Bowman leads cast in new Belgrade musical
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced that acclaimed West End actor Simon Bowman will star in its new musical The Prodigals: A Man Had Two Sons
Richard Herring: “We’re all going to die!”
Prolific comedian Richard Herring is bringing his new tour show We’re All Going To Die! to Glee Club Birmingham on Sunday 9th March next year.
The toe tapping Swing Commanders return to Artrix
Artrix are welcoming back swing sensation, the Swing Commanders, with their champagne sparking show on Sunday 30th 7.30pm
Archiving the past and present
Paganel Primary School students have been working with Library of Birmingham Outreach and Archive service to collect, record, archive and catalogue the history of the school and community.
Birmingham Friends of the Earth launch Let’s Get Moving campaign
Campaigners from Birmingham Friends of the Earth will launch their new campaign Let’s Get Moving today with a stunt outside Birmingham Town Hall.
Birmingham to offer food for thought at inaugural Meetings Show UK
Birmingham is presenting a taste of its future conferencing and events offer to 5,000 visitors at the first ever Meetings Show UK
Tasting on the Terrace
Birmingham’s innovative meeting and event space thestudio hosted a menu tasting session to launch its new Summer dishes developed by head chef Noel Murphy and his creative team.
2013 Festival of Archaeology encourages public to get ‘hands on with history’
Residents and holidaymakers across the West Midlands can get hands on with history this July by taking part in around 30 free activities taking place in the region
New York theatre review: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Simon Hale found nothing alien about spending an evening in a New York theatre being wowed by Sigourney Weaver. Here’s his review.
Heritage and art at Electric Railway Museum
The worlds of heritage and art are coming together in Coventry this summer for a unique series of open days at the award-winning Electric Railway Museum.
University to mark 21st anniversary
Today, the University of Wolverhampton officially marks 21 years since it received university status.
Festival fever in Southside
Southside has a season of sizzling festivals to turn up the heat in Birmingham’s most bustling district this summer.
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.
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.
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.
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.