Archdiocese of Birmingham gives freehold to hospice charity
Anniversary gift marks forty years in the community.
Hajj travel firm and director ordered to pay £71,417
Convictions follow investigation into pilgrimage fraud.
Call to ensure genuine charities benefit during Ramadan
Charity Commission issues advice on supporting genuine registered charities.
Chocolate, weapons and war
Easter, you can’t say it often enough for some people says Steve Beauchampé.
Lord Mayor’s Lent Appeal launched
Call to help homeless charities.
Landmark for Birmingham spiritualist church
75th anniversary celebrations announced.
Asda joins Birmingham Central Mosque for Iftari
Shopping giant co-operates with feeding poor and needy during Ramadan.
Sepp Coe and Nike: Howard’s Big Ask
Confidante to the stars Sir Howard Elston answers your queries.
Local Muslims mark Syria fourth anniversary
Relief programme co-ordinator highlights “horrific and worsening situation”.
Volunteers wanted for religious study
Coventry University researchers set out to understand the psychology of religion.
Howard Exclusive: Health patients to get cash bonus if they see a doc
Professor Lord Howard Elston (DOA), our medical editor and a retired brain surgeon, offers this latest report from the hallowed halls of medicine (UK style)
Candles to be lit for Holocaust Memorial Day
National Memorial Arboretum to hold service in memory of genocide victims.
The road less travelled, again
Dave Woodhall on Villa, spirituality and the League Cup.
Gordon Harley’s thought for the weekend
Perhaps if more of us ‘chose’ happiness over misery, mind over matter might work.
God and his botherers
Laurence Inman isn’t impressed by the missionary’s position
Gordon Harley’s thought for the weekend
Travelling light
University secures funding to help combat female genital mutilation
Coventry University is set to lead a Europe-wide project which aims to put an end to the illegal practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), after it was awarded funding to continue research into the issue.
Birmingham’s Southside gets spiritual with Tai Chi
This summer Birmingham’s Southside district will be getting in touch with its inner Chi with a programme of uplifting Tai Chi classes in the Arcadian.
Gordon Harley’s thought for the weekend: The elephant in the room
Gordon takes an elliptical journey down a jungle path that has an end.
Malala Yousafzai’s father speaking at the Oxford Union on education and empowerment
This year’s National British-Pakistani Conference featured an address on education and empowerment by Ziauddin Yousafzai, whose daughter Malala was shot by the Taliban
Celebrate Easter with Birmingham Bach Choir
The architectural splendour of St Chad’s Cathedral in Birmingham is the perfect setting for a concert of rarely performed music by Birmingham Bach Choir.
Putting new life in the coffin dodgin’ business
Midlands Co-operative Society has released a video of its one of a kind vehicle, the Rocket Hearse
Blair Throws Hat in Ring for Pope’s Job
HOWARD ELSTON, our Rome Reporter, gives us details of who will oversee the Holy See after Easter.
The devil is in the detail
Laurence Inman continues his exclusive interviews with the great, the good and the just plain bad.
Gordon Harley’s thought for the weekend
In the week that saw British Airways lose a case over someone wishing to wear a crucifix at work, Gordon Harley takes issue with external emblems of belief.
South Africa War Memorial rededication ceremony
The somewhat controversial South Africa War Memorial in Cannon Hill Park is to be rededicated at a ceremony on Saturday, 8th December.
Gordon Harley’s thought for the weekend
Embrace the everyday – the mundane – the ordinary.
Christmas concert fundraiser to improve maternal healthcare in world’s poorest countries
Celia Burton, a retired TV producer from Halesowen, is holding a Christmas Carol Concert on Wednesday 5th December 2012 in Birmingham.
Birmingham Bach Choir return to Lichfield Cathedral
Birmingham Bach Choir return to Lichfield Cathedral on Saturday 24 November 2012 for a well-timed performance of JS Bach’s seasonal Christmas Oratorio.
A song of Remembrance and Repatriation
A song of remembrance played all over the world but not in Birmingham – an author’s disappointment.