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
Neame that tune
Yet more jazz for the weekend.
Review: Analogue Tales: Sounds from Arden
Richard Lutz tunes into a new album from a Birmingham songwriter.
Newsroom days: Rising without trace
Richard Lutz continues his early assault on the world of journalism as a cub reporter.
Outdoor screenings and performances launched at mac
Tickets now available for summer fun.
Review: The Siege
Richard Lutz reviews a play that emerges from the refugee camps of the West Bank.
Howard shock exclusive: the Septic Bladder Interview
Sir Howard Elton, confidante of the football world and its poverty-stricken players, sits down with disgraced FIFA boss Septic Bladder. < /strong>
Days of My Youth: 2nd June, 1975
Richard Lutz walked into his first newsroom 40 years ago today – 2 June, 1975. He revisits his entry into journalism that began a slow rise to mediocrity.
Record demand leads to unprecedented Birmingham construction spree
Over 1 million square feet of office space to be built as financial services companies flock to Birmingham’s business district.
Screengrab: Heroism is for suckers
Richard Lutz forces himself from the flatscreen to give you the best pair of films on the box this week
Ask Howard: Did Septic Bladder take kickbacks?
Sir Howard Elston DOA answers the big question of the day.
All Ears at Millennium Point
Vintage music exhibition launched.