Aiming Big
New networking group launched for property and building sector.
Review: My Perfect Mind
By Richard Lutz.
Dancers transformed into contemporary illustration for festival
Dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet have taken part in a unique art project to be unveiled at Eye Candy festival.
Baker Quits: Libdumb and Dumber
By Lord Howard Elston (DOA) our man under the table at Westminster cabinet meetings
Protect The Children
Richard Lutz tries to make sense of the child abuse inquiry fiasco
Wembley Worries
Richard Lutz watches the big beasts of the NFL at Wembley. And wonders….
Bike4Life Fest is back
2015 bikers day out launched.
Finance Birmingham helps boost engineering
£1 million loan helps secure Jaguar contract.
Coming up at Artrix
Forthcoming at the Bromsgrove arts centre.
Love and eight
Andy Munro thinks he may have reached the End of the Road.
Screengrab: On the prowl for Nick Coppola
Richard Lutz checks out the truly good films hidden in the TV schedules over the coming week.
Birmingham student shines in Peaky Blinders
Stardom on horizon for Harry.
Review: Solomon and Marion
Richard Lutz watches a post-apartheid masterpiece.
Howard Exclusive: Health patients to get cash bonus if they see a doc
Professor Lord Howard Elston (DOA), our medical editor and a retired brain surgeon, offers this latest report from the hallowed halls of medicine (UK style)
Screengrab: High Art, Very Low Art and Warren Beatty
Richard Lutz gets all continental and heavyweight for his movie choice on the box this week.
Howard: UKIP will “ban rock and roll” shockaroonie
Another exclusive report by Sir Howard Elston from a 19th hole bar somewhere in the blessed Home Counties
Blazing Comets
Gig and discussion to celebrate jazz in South Africa.
Friday Night is Balti Night
Richard Lutz sits down, rolls up his sleeves and digs into a new Balti Controversy.
World War living history lesson for Ironbridge
Visit a Pop-up First World War Field Post Office at Colalbrookdale.
Review: Of Mice and Men
Richard Lutz takes a pew to see the latest incarnation of the Steinbeck classic.
Screengrab: The Good, The Bad and Jack Palance
Richard Lutz goes gunning for the baddest cat in the west while in search of the TV movie of the week.
Airport lounge open for business
Drop-in lounge and meeting space available to air travellers and business people.
Dance Review: Yellow Towel
Richard Lutz takes in an unsettling performance that defies description. And stays with you
Breaking News: Uklegg romps to power in crucial by-election shock
The loonies from UKIP may be on the rise in Britain. But watch out for another political dark horse, warns Sir Howard Elston (OBE)
Dance Review: A triple bill under the cloud of war
Richard Lutz describes a powerful trio of war-related ballets.
MegaWatt and McNabb
Two of Britain’s finest musicians will be appearing at the Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath next week, courtesy of promoters World Unlimited.
Station improvements provide homes for established residents
Schoolgirls go bats for Longbridge Park and Ride mural project.
Screengrab: The Old Megastar and the Sea
Richard Lutz swims in the swirling waters of the weekly TV schedules to come up with a movie treasure.
Howard: Oslo pulls out of Winter Games because it “hates the cold”
From our sports editor Sir Howard ‘The Iceman’ Elston (OBE)
Leukaemia survivor’s positive approach to Run
Bupa Great Birmingham Run follows bike marathon.