John Lewis partners with Jewellery Quarter for exclusive range
Flagship store to promote the Best of Birmingham.
Birmingham business reinvents communications technology
2,500 customers are now using Nimvelo Phone.
Military resistance
Richard Lutz ponders the cash Britain spends on defence and asks whether it’s really worth it.
Howard: Nightmare director dies
Sir Howard Elston (DOA) reports on the demise of a horror movie giant.
Screengrab: The Admirable Crichton
No, says Richard Lutz, not the lost Kenneth More movie based on the JM Barrie classic about class warfare. But a firm salute to Ealing director Charles Crichton.
Howard Exclusive: Immigrants to be given seats in the House of Lords
Sir Howard Elston, our Westminster correspondent, reports on a new initiative to solve two problems at once.
Howard shock exclusive: Cumbo to play Trump
Our man in the front stalls with the bag of caramel popcorn, Sir Howard Elston, with a world-first scoop from Theatreland.
Love Me Tender
Terry Wills enjoys the latest tribute to The King.
Screengrab: Joan Crawford spins the wheel
Richard Lutz digs deep for the movie of the week on the box and surfaces with a forgotten crazed cowboy movie that you can’t ignore.
Howard: Thousands queue to live in Dismaland UK
Howard Elston, our entertainments editor, reports on today’s biggish story.
Screengrab: American twinset
Richard Lutz returns to the tube and checks out this week’s top movies on the box.
The great gig in the sky
Steve Beauchampé watches a group of frisky old jazz stagers rump their lump at Birmingham’s hottest drinking stump.
Birmingham Comedy Festival announces 2015 line-up
Includes international names, breaking talent awards and special events.
Scrutiny too late
Alan Clawley asks what city councillors were doing four years ago.
Live, loud and lewd
Some upcoming gigs for your perusal.
Paralympic athletes visit Bournville
Employees take time out to support National Paralympic Day.
Introducing The Fort Heroes
Birmingham shopping park announces its new campaign ambassadors.
Lazy Sunday
Big Vintage Ride around city centre.
Jewellery Quarter vintage cyclists to take to the road
Big Vintage Ride this weekend.
New Birmingham festival announced
Aim is to bring together the city’s best value music event.
GAP in the Market
Arts festival for city centre markets.
Review: Dead Simple
Terry Wills enjoys a “good, old-fashioned whodunnit” at the Alex.
Made in Birmingham
Millennium Point welcomes business leaders for celebration of region’s manufacturers.
Screengrab: Illya Kuryaken here we come
Richard Lutz peruses the TV listings for the best film on the box this week.
America, bloody America
Richard Lutz ponders the state of the States.
Top Goon
Sir Howard Elston, our entertainment editor recently released from prison for punching one of our sub-editors, reports on Chris Evans’ new job as Clarkson’s successor
Newsroom Diary: Heading South to the North
Richard Lutz leaves Scottish journalism and heads for the back channels of England newspapers.
Review: Othello
Richard Lutz reviews a classic take on Shakespeare’s tragedy about jealousy, race and deceit
European cultural managers visit Birmingham
European arts leaders to discover city.
Tales from a freelance
Richard Lutz continues his slow rise forty years ago to journalistic mediocrity