The weekend starts here
Dave Woodhall discovers the hidden attractions of a Friday night in Lye.
A Hoot for the Owls
Andy Munro on Blues’ Wednesday, bloody Wednesday
Forgotten great lives, number 367
Laurence Inman continues his quest for a healthy body and, it seems, has found the one he would have liked: Percy Cerutty’s
Much Wants More
Terry Wills explains why he was the only unhappy Albion supporter on Saturday.
Under new management
Villa’s bright new future didn’t get off to the ideal start. Dave Woodhall reports.
Drawing some comfort
Andy Munro reports on Blues’ first league game of the season.
Barnet Cut Short
Andy Munro reports on Blues’ Capital One Cup win.
Here we go…
Terry Wills looks forward to another season at the Hawthorns.
Royal Antwerp 3 Blue Twerps 1
Andy Munro on Blues’ pre-season.
The Old Etonian and the refugee
Steve Beauchampé still doesn’t like David Cameron, or much of the press.
“Big Up Birmingham!”
Birmingham is officially the place to be – just ask the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt.
Football’s Coming Home
Police are warning of disruption due to Sunday’s game at Villa Park.
Olympic News In Brief
Laurence Inman has made the mistake of actually watching coverage of London 2012….
Olympics Hero set for Birmingham
Birmingham athletics fans will be amongst the first in the country to watch an Olympic gold medal hero in action later this month
The Great Olympic Ticket Giveaway
Steve Beauchampé offers a partial solution to unsold seats at the Olympic Football Tournament.
City ambassadors ready to welcome the world as Games get underway
Coventry Ambassadors are ready to begin meeting and greeting visitors to the city this week ahead of the first football fixtures of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Now that’s what I call an athlete
Usain Bolt may be in town, but we’ve seen better before. John Russell tells the forgotten tale of the greatest runner Birmingham has ever known.
Crumbs From London’s Table
In the second of three articles about the ‘invisible middle’, Steve Beauchampé considers Birmingham’s involvement (or otherwise) in ‘the Great British summer’
Steady as she goes
So far Villa’s close-season has been unspectacular. Which is what Dave Woodhall was hoping for.
Keep Right On to the End of the Woes
Andy Munro catches up with recent events at St Andrews
Student speed demons take on the world in university race car contest
Students at Coventry University are getting ready to go wheel-to-wheel with over 130 rival universities at Silverstone next week, just days after Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton vie for victory in the British Grand Prix.
West Bromwich Albion paintings displayed at arts centre
From 4 July to 9 September The Public in West Bromwich will be displaying a collection of paintings by Paine Proffitt, artist in residence at West Bromwich Albion Football Club.
When Birmingham Staged the Olympic Games
Did you know in June 1867, Edgbaston hosted Britain’s second National Olympic Games?