Zero Hours contracts – nothing new under the sun
Professor Roger Seifert, Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Wolverhampton, gives his opinion.
West Midlands: The next ‘Grand Designs’ hotspot?
The head of a boutique architects practice reckons that the West Midlands is well on its way to becoming the next big ‘Grand Designs’ hotspot.
The joy of trees
This week Laurence Inman is in an arboreal mood.
Memo to all sections in Department of Health
Laurence Inman has seen a secret memo and, in true Wikileaks fashion, reveals its contents just prior to his arrest.
What’s in a name?
Larry Inman ponders this whilst contemplating an outbreak of violence.
WW1 Centenary: A Proposal for a Children’s concert in Birmingham
Birmingham Press reader Dr Ron Dawson has sent a message aimed at schools and musicians across Birmingham.
In praise of Springsteen
Laurence Inman rather warms to New Jersey’s finest export.
Martin Longley’s New York Sounds
From tantric Buddhist interpretation to disco-funk humping, Martin Longley gets down in NYC clubland. And, er, a museum of Himalayan art.
Playing the blues
Blues talent Chantel McGregor talks to Dave Woodhall.
Remembering Elmdon
All the attention today is on the future of Birmingham International Airport but it’s interesting to reflect on its past when it was known just as Elmdon Airport, writes Alan Clawley.
Fry’s the limit
Laurence Inman on having it all yet having nothing and has some words of advice for Stephen Fry.
Streetwise
Laurence Inman has been studying the decline of the high street.
Special reunion to mark 50 years of Sutton Coldfield’s Arthur Terry School
Half a century has passed since they flicked rubbers at each other from their desks, but up to 250 of a Sutton Coldfield secondary school’s first pupils are to reunite to mark its 50th anniversary.
Birmingham City Council seeks local heroes
Birmingham City Council is on the hunt for local heroes who have made a real difference to the lives of people in Birmingham.
Better This Time? Afghanistan as the “Graveyard of Empires” 1979-2014
The 25th anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal announcement by the Soviet Union
The future’s not looking so good
Some people are just so off-message. Laurence Inman is one of those people.
Elvis has entered the building
Dave Woodhall talks to a singer who’s walking it like he talks it.
God and his botherers
Laurence Inman isn’t impressed by the missionary’s position
There’s only one…..
Dave Woodhall pays tribute to a very special footballer
Running scarred
Laurence Inman is a lot fitter than he looks. Certainly fit enough to assault his telly – again!
Rachael Barker crowned Miss Birmingham 2013
Psychology graduate Rachael Barker has been crowned as the new Miss Birmingham.
Pine would
Dave Woodhall talks to Courtney Pine ahead of the jazz legend’s Birmingham show at the weekend.
Food, Average to Glorious Food
Representatives of the food industry have been at the NEC this week at a series of trade shows. Steve Beauchampé sampled the atmosphere – and some of the wares!
A suitable case for treatment
Laurence Inman is in a pensive mood, dogged by regrets.
Martin Longley hunkers down at two of NYC’s finest jazz haunts…
New York Sounds: Dizzy’s Club And The Iridium
Of doubtful benefit
Laurence Inman is not in a hopeful mood, despite receiving good news
Biking Through Burma: High Hopes, Doubtful Prospects
Sheilagh Matheson has returned from a month’s trip to Burma, travelling by bike, boat, bus, tut-tut, rickshaw, train and Honda 50
From William Shakespeare to Orson Welles
Laurence Inman casts a critical eye on the art of Shakespeare.
Biking in Burma: Long Miles, Silent Temples and Those Dogs
Richard Lutz continues his trip by bike through Burma
BOBI in Birmingham – a place to do business
It’s March, so that means a visit to The Best of Britain and Ireland show (BOBI) at the NEC. Andy Goff went along for a look.