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Richard Lutz thumbs through his reading list for the past year.
Sir Howard: Winter shock claim row horror exclusive
Sir Howard Elston lifts the snowy lid on the cold weather that has beleaguered UK-ville.
Screengrab: Fjord fiesta
Richard Lutz peers into his crystal box set to unveil the best movies on TV this week.
Where there’s life there’s hope
Andy Munro sees a straw to clutch in Blues’ 1-1 draw at Sunderland.
Avoid that Christmas quiz….and other dire Yuletide warnings
Richard Lutz sifts through the charred remains of another week
Green today, gone tomorrow for government number two
Sir Howard Elston, our Westminster man in the know, disentangles the laments of Damian Green.
Screengrab: 241, Yankee style
Two films that helped define America’s image of itself hits the box this week, says Richard Lutz.
The rights and wrongs of Mr Will Mapplebeck
Will Mapplebeck looks back at his looking forward.
The White
Richard Lutz is buried by another seven days.
Digbeth Calling
Stephen Pennell watches another night of Birmingham’s finest.
Councillor sneaks preview of Birmingham housing scheme
£8.2 million scheme will help shortage of affordable housing.
UK to move its embassy to Boise, Idaho
Sir Howard Elston, scourge of the left and enemy of the right, with a worldwide scoopereenio.
Wolves too hunrgy
Andy Munro watches Blues’ 1-0 defeat at home to Wolves.
Exclusive: Howard sit-down with Theresa May
Sir Howie Elston (DOA), our diplomatic editor, has a 1-2-1 with Queen May.
I’m a TV viewer, get me out of here….
Richard Lutz dives into the world of talent shows and jungle fever.
Thorpe redux
Will Mapplebeck reviews a book about disgraced Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe in a time of a dark intolerant Britain.
Blades blunted
Andy Munro on Blues’ 1-1 draw at Sheffield United.
That was the Warwickshire that was and other tales
Richard Lutz plunders his archive to remember what happened last week…..
Kenya Uncovered
Sweet wine, proverbs stitched into clothes, a 90km road race: Katy Dutko, an educational aid officer in Africa, offers a page from her Kenyan notebook
A date to remember
Dave Woodhall on Villa’s 2-1 win over Sunderland and other affairs of the day.
Pheww….
Andy Munro breathes a sigh of relief as Blues beat Nottingham Forest.
What the stones remember; what you will never know
Richard Lutz gets down and dirty to come up against history in the raw.
Ask Howard- the big bonanza quiz
Sir Howard Elston, confidante of rock’n’roll stars everywhere, responds to the big issues.
Are we reaching our critical state?
Will Mapplebeck asks if we are observing the end of politics.
Wall of Sound
Dave Woodhall talks to music writer and now raconteur Mick Wall.
Youth reigns supreme at CBSO
Richard Lutz takes his pew for a CBSO concert infused with youth.
Howard’s Big Quiz Bonanza – answering the questions that will change the world (maybe)
Sir Howard Elston, ennobled man of the people, fields a query about macro-finance and those funny little islands which Britain owns and uses as tax fiddles.
Artrix announces new winter season
Music, comedy and family fun in Bromsgrove.
Blankety blank
Andy Munro on Blues’ defeat at Barnsley.
Lord Howard: How my totally legal tax avoiding offshore accounts will help our nation
Our financial editor Sir Howard Elston talks candidly about where he stows his billions.