HOWARD: Latest from the Ukraine front
HOWARD ELSTONOVICH, our all-action war correspondent, takes time off from the Mid-East to shine a light on the Ukraine crisis.
Lenny Henry takes to the stage in Birmingham
From our news desk.
CAMRA urges festival goers to lobby Government
Failure to close planning loopholes as pub closures rise to 31 per week.
Howard’s Big Summer Fun Quiz (do not steal this idea or I will sue)
Sir Howard Elston, fun consultant to the stars, offers up his summer season quiz with prizes galore.
HOWARD: Hair Today, Still Hair Tomorrow Exclusive Shocker
SIR HOWARD ELSTON (DOA), scourge of the establishment and a senior director of the Hair Stylists’ Association of Greater Manchester and Sale, reveals the shock news about the above pair of wispy blond luminaries.
Screengrab: The Masterpiece Etched By Death
Richard Lutz allows his gaze to fall on a major movie masterpiece interred among the weekly tv listings.
City TV Crashes
The Birmingham-based City TV franchise has gone into financial administration without broadcasting a programme. Richard Lutz with the story…
College hosts Chinese visit
Exchange visit for Shanghai Teachers.
Howard: Bernie, Bribes and Blair’s Big Buddy
Sir Howard Elston (DOA) reports from Germany on how Formula One boss Bernard Ecclestone, friend of Tony Blair, is totally not guilty of bribery.
The Great Howard Elston Survey: Glasgow Games Finale
Sir Howard Elston asks the pressing questions of today.
August 1914 – One hundred years since the Great War started
To commemorate the start of the First World War Andy Goff went to France and Belgium
Screengrab: Godfather II
Richard Lutz is entranced by a movie gem in the midweek TV schedules.
Cum On Feel the Norze!
Martin Longley reports from day three of Norway’s Førdefestivalen world music festival.
A design for life
Lecturer Rebecca Russell-Turner tells us about a recent event at the Birmingham Institute for Art & Design.
Of independent means
Richard Lutz reports from Scotland with less than two months to go before the independence vote.
HOWARD: City TV latest shockeroo
Howard Elston, our Midlands correspondent in sun-scorched Engerlund with another fantastic soaraway exclusive from the international world of Birmingham media.
South Birmingham primary schools celebrate healthy living
Event shows benefits of health education.
Coming up at Artix
Music and family fun.
TV Or Not To TV
Richard Lutz looks at the current furore over new station City TV and whether it will get on air…and, if and when it does, what it will deliver.
Screengrab: Caine, Wayne…and Alec
Richard Lutz furrows deep into tv movielsnd to rustle up some icons of the crystal box in your living room.
RIP: Blues Great Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter, who has died, was everything a white albino blues guitarist should be, says Richard Lutz
All that jazz
The 30th Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival starts today. Here are some of the early highlights.
Screengrab: Sunshine On Leith
RICHARD LUTZ checks out the best film on the box this week, and it’s a bright wee thing from Scotland.
Sir Howard: Hague shocker as he heads for the rebel front
Sir Howard Elston (DOA), celebrity diplomatic editor for the stars, gives the rundown on the new UK government
Coming up at Artrix
Holiday fun and quality music.
HOWARD: Brazil call for semi-final replay
It’s hair today, gone tomorrow as the Brazil Nutters blame bad style in their shellacking by the Germans, says Sir Howard Estlon, so tanked on bad cocktails that he can’t even spell his own nema.
Simmer down in Handsworth Park
Homecoming for reggae superstars to help celebrate milestone.
Screengrab: Friday Night Is For Frightening
Richard Lutz roars through the TV listings to uncloak the film of the week.
Court Life: Coulson and Harris
Richard Lutz turns a baleful eye towards the two high-profile court cases ending in jail terms for well-known media figures.
German trip for young musicians
Aldridge students to stage encore.