Lockdown photography collection to be published
Dutch photographer living in Birmingham features his adopted home town.
Happy Birthday Mr Shakespeare!
Shakespeare’s birthday celebrated with the release of music video.
Community grant brings poetry to the railways
West Midlands Railway to celebrate Spirit of Shakespeare.
New book praises Birmingham’s music scene
Brum Bastion champions the city once more.
Nostalgics wanted for new project
Authors put call out for memories and pictures of ‘70s Birmingham.
Review: Birmingham’s Museums on Demand programme
Jessica Harris goes online to learn about the past.
Wolverhampton community organisations launch food campaign
WV10 cookbook offers new solution to feeding families during school holidays.
The skylark and the weight of winter
Richard Lutz ploughs his way through lockdown.
Unspoken but definitely not unwritten
Stephen Pennell reviews a book about growing up and survival.
Covid chronicles: Everyone needs a place to go
Richard Lutz heads for a city break.
Aston Villa and the hinges of history
Villa beat Arsenal and Dave Woodhall also looks back at turning points.
Celebration of Shakespeare premieres online
World’s Stage – a multilingual celebration of Birmingham, Brummies and their Shakespeare.
Michelin award for Birmingham chef
Kray Treadwell wins the Michelin Young Chef Award.
Lockdown Lit List
Richard Lutz flips through the books he read in 2020 – the good, the bad, the downright appalling.
“O brave new world?” Shakespeare, Birmingham and America
Everything to Everybody as the Bard collection goes global.
Bright lies, big city
Author AA Abbott talks about her new book Bright Lies, set in Birmingham.
Hay festival goes online
Jessica Harris looks at the upcoming Hay Festival Digital Winter Weekend.
New competition launched for Birmingham Stories
Young people across the city invited to write about heroes.
Local pubs star in Good Beer Guide
Birmingham hostelries continue to shine in 2021 edition of the real ale bible.
Volunteer starts new chapter for Birmingham charity
Lending library established at SIFA Fireside.
Book Review: Handsworth Riots 1985
Richard Lutz on a new book about the riots that rocked Birmingham 35 years ago.
Brexit: “An exercise in British self harm”
Richard Lutz reads a new book on the dramatic effects of leaving the EU.
Review: Gangsters, Geezers & Mods
Dave Woodhall looks at the debut novel from our own Stephen Pennell.
My lockdown list
Working at home, bringing up baby, Will Mapplebeck manages time to sail through a lockdown audio listening list.
Seven days: Bolton’s book, big business bonanza, Boris bungling
Richard Lutz survives another week that was…
Everything to Everybody Project focuses on Shakespeare
50 Treasures – Number 3.
The divided states of America
Richard Lutz reports on a nation riven in two.
Desert Island Discs – part eight
Musician Tony Fitzpatrick explains the eight songs he’ll take to his desert isle.
Desert Island Discs – part seven
It’s time for Dave Woodhall to share his choices with us.
Desert Island Gigs
In a twist on the usual, Richard Lutz picks the live music he’ll never forget.