Birmingham said no!
Exactly what part of the word ‘No’ doesn’t George Osborne understand, asks Steve Beauchampé.
Meeting Up in Shanghai: Flatscreens, money, internet shopping… but still wary of the past
Journalist Sheilagh Matheson catches up with old Chinese friends – 40 years after they first met. Times have changed.
Plumbing the depths
Andy Munro looks around the kitchen area of Room 101.
Fear is the key
General Election 2015: Didn’t see that result coming did you? Steve Beauchampé did… well, sort of, a little bit.
Room 101
Andy Munro gets angry.
Game on
Alan Clawley reflects on Birmingham’s latest TV star.
Clarkson for mayor?
How do residents in the West Midlands feel about their community?
Military law
News that Military Police are now routinely patrolling an area of Birmingham gives Dave Woodhall concerns for the future.
My Route exhibition trail to tell people’s history of Stratford Road
Exhibition traces area’s cultural heritage.
Birmingham families going to Downing Street
Helena Fernandez Fuentes tells why she will be in London this afternoon.
High Anxiety
Richard Lutz reports on a new campaign to keep Britain’s wild places untainted
Downing the ziggurat
Alan Clawley poses a demolition query.
US News: Big trouble in a little league
Richard Lutz sadly looks at the latest sports news out of the States.
Screengrab: Blues Eyes, The Other Clint and a Forgotten Film
Richard Lutz checks out the tv schedules and uncovers a small classic that time forgot.
Power to the black vote
Move to ensure minorities register to vote.
No trees in Argent’s Paradise
“Wot, no trees?” asks Alan Clawley.
Public services for sale
Alan Clawley comments on the growing trend for private companies to run council services.
Fox Boss Sir Howard Elston Stands by Birmingham race story
Sir Howard Elston, chief managing editor supremo for Fox Worldwide News, on why his TV station is correct in saying Birmingham is a “Muslim-only city”
Oil on troubled waters
Richard Lutz wonders if our priorities are going down the drain
A letter to the developer
Alan Clawley writes to Rob Groves, the man responsible for overseeing the Paradise Forum development.
Birmingham Calling: All circuses but little bread?
Richard Lutz checks out the buzz about Brum.
Screengrab: No heroes in Altman-land
Richard Lutz takes aim at the best film on the box this week
Howard: Something fishy in Scotland as Salmond heads for Westminster (maybe)
SIR HOWARD McELSTON, chief Westminster reporter for this website, interviews Scottish politico Alex Salmondface as he prepares to take over the world
Every little helps
Did you enjoy Black Friday? Dave Woodhall certainly didn’t.
Through an early winter wood
It is not yet winter. But autumn has passed, says Richard Lutz
21 today – and tomorrow
Dave Woodhall with a reminder of an important event in the city’s history.
Coming home to roost
The Library of Birmingham may be attracting both praise and visitors but Alan Clawley remains unconvinced.
We will remember them
As we approach Remembrance Sunday, Dave Woodhall argues that one day of paying tribute is enough.
Swanning Around
Richard Lutz watches a vintage performance in Stratford.
Baker Quits: Libdumb and Dumber
By Lord Howard Elston (DOA) our man under the table at Westminster cabinet meetings