Review: The King’s Speech

Richard Lutz listens in to the staging of an Oscar-winning film now playing at the Birmingham Rep

Coppelia revisited

Simon Hale with a further review of the BRB’s current production.

Top marks for trainers

Birmingham training firm gets glowing Ofsted report.

Review: Coppelia

Richard Lutz watches the original Living Doll at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Howard’s big Q&A

We answer all questions about two money-grubbing MPs.

STRAW DOG: A debit to his nation

The latest from our hard-hitting Parliamentary gossip columnist.

US News: Big trouble in a little league

Richard Lutz sadly looks at the latest sports news out of the States.

Sharp as Tharp

Richard Lutz views a dance masterpiece in Birmingham.

Review: The Honeyman

There’s nothing like a warm play, a thoughtful studio piece, to get you through mid-winter, writes Richard Lutz.

More dance for Brum

DanceXchange announces 2015 schedule.

Screengrab: Blues Eyes, The Other Clint and a Forgotten Film

Richard Lutz checks out the tv schedules and uncovers a small classic that time forgot.

Power to the black vote

Move to ensure minorities register to vote.

From a land of dancing skies

Richard Lutz chases the Northern Lights off the coast of Norway.

Finance Birmingham tie up to boost company growth

Expert fund adds to city’s offer for tech firms.

Review: Oppenheimer

Richard Lutz watches a tour de force that looks at the life of the father of the A-bomb.

Greater Birmingham excels at Downing Street investment event

£15 billion regeneration vehicle announced to bolster UK regional cities’ economic growth.

And nothing but the blues

There’s quality blues coming up at the Robin 2 from all aspects of the genre.

Screengrab: Sexy Brit

Richard Lutz runs down the top TV films of the week.

Howard: Je suis King Abdullah (RIP)

Sir Howard Elston, Grand Vizier of mid-east journalism, reports on the succession in Saudi Arabia, the fun-town of the world.

Playing the blues

Terry Wills on Albion’s past and future opponents.

Birmingham airport soars higher

Record number of passengers using BHX.

NEC sold in £307 million deal

Birmingham City Council has announced the sale of the NEC group to an equity company.

Beatles Fest 2015

Fab four at fifty-two.

Helping the homeless

Calling participants for Birmingham City Mission’s Sponsored Sleepout 2015.

Fox Boss Sir Howard Elston Stands by Birmingham race story

Sir Howard Elston, chief managing editor supremo for Fox Worldwide News, on why his TV station is correct in saying Birmingham is a “Muslim-only city”

Screengrab: Down and dirty with Belushi

Richard Lutz dives into the muckspreader of TV movies to emerge with one of the best gross out classics of the planet, ever (maybe).

Hippodrome presents a ‘relaxed’ panto

Birmingham Hippodrome will present a second Relaxed Performance of the UK’s biggest pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk

Oil on troubled waters

Richard Lutz wonders if our priorities are going down the drain

Death notice

Alan Clawley issues an invitation.

The ‘idiots’ who built the library

Alan Clawley remembers the opening of the Central Library.