Murdoch Redux: The Corruption Gets Worse
Richard Lutz witnesses another rollout of media sleaze, police incompetency and football greed. Ahh well, just another day in the UK.
Greg Allman: Review
Richard Lutz doesn’t get bangs for his bucks from the Greg Allman shows that landed in Birmingham.
Tories Take to the Streets in Summer of Discontent
Dozens, if not hundreds, of cabinet ministers have taken to the streets today for a better financial deal following a breakdown in talks with the rest of the country.
Merchant of Venice: Review
Richard Lutz takes his seat at Stratford- on- Vegas for the latest Royal Shakespeare Company play. This is a production you will either love or hate: Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice placed emphatically and over the top in Las Vegas complete with Elvis, casinos, drunk gamblers and a Yank accents (some of them suspect). It is…
The Heat, Brummies and The Long Long Evenings
I’m not one to go on and on about Birmingham. Just like I was never one to go on and on about other cities I lived in
The China Visit, Human Rights and Wrongs
Two Chinese faces peep out from the front pages of the papers this week: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and activist Ai Weiwei.
Mass Troop Withdrawal from Battlefield Wimbledon
AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM OUR SPORT EDITOR HOWARD ‘BUTCH’ ELSTON
Review: Dunsinane at Stratford
Richard Lutz takes his seat at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre for a play about MacBeth …and Afghanistan
What’s on at Symphony Hall and Town Hall
Big names and farewells in abundance for the latest list of shows announced.
Congressional call to halt US participation in Libya falls short
A congressional vote to suspend US military involvement in Libya was lost.
Blatter to Rule Fifonia with An Iron Fist After Spring Revolt Fails
From our man in Fifa-ville Howard ‘Hazza’ Elston who has been witnessing incredible scenes in the capital after today’s election
Blues Legend Greg Allman to Play Birmingham
Richard Lutz gets the incense and Jack Daniels out for the Greg Allman night at Symphony Hall in a month’s time.
New Mobile Study: Warnings Over Cancer Risk – But Now You Can Be Part of Major UK Study
Richard Lutz has always been suspicious that everytime he picked up a mobile there was a digi-signal lining up a bullseye inside his head.
Serb Thug In Line for Top NHS Job
Our Diplomatic editor Howard Elston with a shock decision by Whitehall mandarins that will rock our health service
Osama: The Questions Remain- Despite Cheryl Cole
Richard Lutz returns to a subject that our readers can’t ignore
Celebrity Courts
Dave Woodhall looks at the latest twist in the superinjunction saga. Haven’t they all got better things to do with their time?
Twitter, Giggs and You: The Digi-Mob Rules
There was once a village. And in this village there was a slew of gossip – work gossip, hot gossip, bad gossip, outright untrue gossip, relevant gossip.
Council meetings to be screened online
Birmingham city council’s first full meeting since elections will be accessible to internet viewers
EXCLUSIVE: Our Reporter Rises to Heaven in Rapture
Shock: Howard Elston has been swept up to heaven as part of The Rapture and files this AMAZING story from the Pearly Gates. In an astonishing event that will rock my very world (and anything above) to its very core, I found myself channelled up to heaven yesterday as part of my personal Rapture. Yes, it…
BEst in Birmingham
News of another arts event taking place in the summer.
What’s On – a Special Request
Press contributor Dave Woodhall turns concert promoter on Friday,20th May. Next stop Wembley.
Clamping Gang To Pay
A welcome ruling has meant that convicted Birmingham car clampers will also be out of pocket.
RSC’s City Madam: All Dressed Up with a Need For Some Tailoring
Oooo…Nothing like a ribald play filled with fops, tarts and dandies, writes Richard Lutz
One Law for Us…Another Laws For Them
So, this is what it has come to…
Politician David Laws deceived us, the taxpayer, out of tens of thousands of pounds to hide the fact that he has a male partner.
Live From Vegas: Elvis and Osama To Open Tonight on Stage
Another incredible eye-popping smash exclusive by our entertainment editor Howard Elston….
Three brave women journalists
Three journalists who have risked their lives covering the news have been named the International Women’s Media Foundation’s 2011 Courage in Journalism Award winners.
Rover Revulsion and The Phoenix Four
Richard Lutz laments the supine decision to allow the former Rover bosses to walk away from a disaster they created
Osama: The Questions That Must Be Asked
Now that the dust is settling over the killing of Osama bin Laden, there are some uncomfortable issues that must be addressed
More on the Osama/Obama Drama
Osama bin Laden may have left the building, but it will continue to shake from the tremors he unleashed for a good while yet.
Obama 1-Osama 0: The US Gets Its Man
From Richard Lutz It’s safe to say that one of the major questions to arise from the Osama bin Laden death is: just what did the Pakistani military know or not know? The terrorist’s compound was within spitting distance of the national military academic, a place akin to Sandhurst. It was a compound with 15…