It’s not just at Christmas
Christmas may be over but the dangers of drinking driving remain, as Joanne Berry of legal firm Pannone explains.
Motorbikin’
Alan Clawley reminisces about his youth and a golden era of local engineering.
Thought for the month
Gordon Harley gives us some words on the subject of resolutions.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
Does Birmingham city council spend wisely? Alan Clawley thinks not.
Moseley Road Baths: Swimming Against the Tide
Hmmmm… deep waters, indeed….Moseley Road Baths.
Thought for the month
Gordon Harley poses a moral dilemma.
Justice rushed is justice crushed?
Jail sentences handed to charity collection thieves owes more to outside pressure than the desire for justice, argues Dave Woodhall.
Birmingham bling
Alan Clawley on the city centre’s attention-grabbing architecture.
Track 65 bus mall…
Steve Beauchampe comments on yesterday’s announcement of plans for Birmingham transport.
Small enough to fail
Alan Clawley on the hypocrisy of bank bail-outs.
Power Not To The People
Richard Lutz on the need to balance nature with energy policy.
Changing fortunes
The financing of Birmingham’s regeneration isn’t exactly going to plan, argues Alan Clawley.
Metro: Road to Nowhere
Bringing trams on to Birmingham’s streets is manifestly the wrong policy, says Steve Beauchampé .
Old and new?
Alan Clawley talks about new architecture in an old way.
PM’s Brother Linked with Phone Hacking Trial Legal Team
by Richard Lutz
A nobel aim
Dave Woodhall, on why the Nobel Committee made the right decision.
Of Scotland, Independence and That Underlying Uncertainty
With less than a year until Scotland votes for independence, RICHARD LUTZ feels the heat rising in the referendum debate.
King or knave?
Jonathan King appeared on TV recently. Dave Woodhall argues that this shouldn’t be cause for concern.
Is Wolverhampton’s Labour council losing confidence?
John Chubb wonders about the mood amongst Wolverhampton’s civic leaders.
Politics and Electric Shock Therapy
from Richard Lutz This week’s electioneering at the annual Labour Party conference had a whiff of righteousness about it- but it could hit a common chord with most folks paying the monthly bills. Or at least worrying about them To freeze power bills for 20 months (if Labour get in) is a winner. I…
“What might happen in the future”
Professor Roger Seifert comments on Wednesday’s upcoming strike by firefighters.
It’s never too late for justice
Dave Woodhall calls on Martin McGuinness to do the right thing.
Fast forward
Alan Clawley talks about city planning, and the lack thereof.
Prisons, porridge and passive smoking
John Chubb comments on the latest ‘it seemed a good idea at the time’.
Teme Spirit
RICHARD LUTZ wanders through a bit of this sceptered isle in Worcestershire
Starry eyed
Dave Woodhall wonders what’s happening with the Walk of Stars, and how it could be rejuvenated.
A tale of two cities
Jesse Jackson’s visit to Birmingham led to his making some negative comments about the city. Dave Woodhall replies.
Six years late and way over budget
Mike Whitby and Sir Albert Bore will be absent from today’s official opening, but as the media and Birmingham’s great and good fawn over the city’s new main library, Steve Beauchampé offers some facts (and opinions) that may not receive much of an airing elsewhere today.
WAE+ – a reply
Following on from a story we published recently we have received this letter, which is reproduced unedited.
Anonymity and the web
Jean Brant, Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Wolverhampton, on a worrying trend.