All aboard: First plans go in for revamped Camp Hill rail line

Richard Lutz reports on a step forward in opening the Moseley/Kings Heath train line.

Review: Some Like It Hip Hop

Richard Lutz rakes his pew for a lively night down at The Birmingham Hippodrome

Review: Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of)

A cheeky take on Jane Austen’s classic comedy of manners tickles Richard Lutz’s ribs. 

Review: Dada Masilo’s Giselle

strong>Richard Lutz watches a classic ballet stunningly turned on its head.

Review: Prism at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a moving journey through the past.

What autumn brings

Richard Lutz says goodbye to a friend.

Howard: Thomas Cook bosses hit back over bonuses

Sir Howard Elston’s latest report on the big bucks doled out to troubled travel group chief honcho.

Right royal messes and other stories

Richard Lutz reports on another blighted week in Old Blighty. 

Cameron is where the blame lies

Richard Lutz points the finger of blame at you-know-who.

Britain braced for Hurricane Bojo

Take to the storm cellars, warns our Westminster hack Lord Howie Elston.

Britain: Broken, bedevilled, betrayed

Richard Lutz watches democracy go down the pan.

My no-deal letter to my MP

Richard Lutz tries to persuade his MP to turn his back on No Deal come October.

Howard’s Big Ask: Is tough guy Putin in charge of Hodge Hill?

b>Sir Howie Elston, scourge of the left and enemy of the right, with the burning shock query of the millennium:

Requiem for a bloody nation

Richard Lutz on the double massacre in the US.

The Rocky Boris Show and The Murder Hole

Richard Lutz holds his breath as Britain twists in the wind.

Double trouble in the land of Bojo and Trump

Richard Lutz feverishly peers into his crystal ball as the political world swirls around him.

Sir Howard: That Boris debate and what he said

Howard Elston, scourge of the right and opponent of the left, offers up verbatim excerpts of the BoJo show.

Sir Howard: More amazing details of leaked Trump emails

Howie Elston, media doyen of Westminster, reveals more vitriolic cables that spit poison at the White House.

Measure for Measure review at Stratford: ‘..the stage sweats sex…’

Richard Lutz is whisked back to a Shakespearean play set in a turn of the century Vienna.

Baseball in Britain: Boom-boom time way down in England

Richard Lutz sits back and thinks of baseball and England.

Putin to May: Who the f**k are you

Sir Howard Elston (KMRIA), doyen of the Westminster lobby, on that all-important Russia/British sit down.

Howard: The world in their hands – official

Media top gun Sir Howard Elston, reporting on the planet’s heavy hitters.

Howard Exclusive: Boris in shock domestic row – latest

Sir Howard Elston, our espionage correspondent, gives the details on Boris’s big break-up.

Review: Venice Preserved at The Swan, Stratford

Richard Lutz is dragged into the world of Restoration noir at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

This is rubbish

Richard Lutz is reduced to writing about garbage.

Review: (Un)leashed by Birmingham Royal Ballet

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a triple treat.
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Sir Howard: Shock revelation in Tory leader vote

Sir Howard Elston, parasite to the stars, reports on another explosive turn of events as Theresa May steps down.

Music from the depths of a river- and other tales

Richard Lutz gets to see the woods through the trees. 

Sir Howard: G’bye May, hello June

Sir Howard Elston’s runners and riders for the big job.

Going off-map on the island of little places

Richard Lutz decides it’s time to re-consider 216, 191 and good old number 50.