From Brum to Balti-land

Richard Lutz travelled to Mirpur to find the home of the balti.

The second rate city

Andy Munro has a bit of a moan.

Review: Orchestre National de Lille

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a classic performance at Symphony Hall.

Dance review: Rite of Spring Re-Imagined at The Patrick Centre

Richard Lutz watches dance fusion between east and west.

Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon

Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.

Book Review: ‘Our City’ explores how immigration changed Birmingham

Richard Lutz reviews an investigation into the changing face of our city landscape.

Dog day afternoon and other tails

Richard Lutz goes to The Edge.

Motorcycle dreams at the NEC

Alan Holland runs with the wind at the MotorcycleLive Show at the NEC and checks out the machinery straight from the crate. 

Boris and his fringe appearance

Political columnist Will Mapplebeck drops in on the Tory shindig in Birmingham.

Mud is the currency of an English winter and other tales

Richard Lutz takes the long route through another lost week.

Eight battle it out for Midlands Newspaper of the Year

Nominations announced for region’s media stars.

Review: Sergeant Pepper in King’s Heath

It was fifty years ago today, trumpets Richard Lutz, as he re-lives that great album.

Tommy: relentless songs that run out of puff

Richard Lutz takes his pew for the anthemic play about a kid who plays a mean pinball.

I Want, I Want: “a gallery of tomorrow’s dreams…”

Richard Lutz enters the digital world of new tech artists.

Love at The Birmingham Rep: “…. harrowing drama from the lower depths…”

Richard Lutz takes a pew for a gripping tale about homelessness and the enduring power of love.

Sparkbrook and the eye of the lens

Richard Lutz highlights a book about a Birmingham neighbourhood that continually changes and refuses to die.

Birmingham ballet dancer grabs international bronze

Hamish Scott (above), from Birmingham’s Elmhurst Ballet School, has come third in an international dance competition. 

Donation bid for Birmingham charity

Christmas appeal launched to aid maternal heath care.

Robert Glasper review: free-flowing, innovative, cheeky

Richard Lutz catches a mix of jazz, hip-hop, RandB and techno from a young master

Review: Loudon Wainwright III

Richard Lutz takes his pew at Birmingham’s Town Hall for a concert by an old troubadour

That was the pizza wars that was.. and other tales

Richard Lutz reviews the shards of the last week, taking in woods, squandering a British heritage and the passing of a good man.

Trolleyed, boozed up, smashed and receptions that start just short of midnight- welcome to the party conference circuit

Will Mapplebeck, a Newcastle-based lobbyist, attends the party conferences. Here, he drinks in the Tory knees up

Review: Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Richard Lutz reviews the classical violinist suffused with the blues

Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a legendary Stateside dance troupe

Lights, camera, dereliction

Birmingham is being used as a location once again by Hollywood. This time, by one of movieland’s best directors. Guess why, asks Richard Lutz

John Malkovich to headline Symphony Hall season

Richard Lutz reports on the new Symphony Hall/Town Hall season about to open in Birmingham

Pascoe Perfect

Richard Lutz watches one of Britain’s better comediennes earn her keep.

Symphony Hall flings opens its doors with free events for its 25th birthday bash

Join Sara Colman and Pete Churchill for an afternoon of singing

That was the wedge that was

Richard Lutz reviews the past seven days in his city.

Eric Bibb review: Belly full of blues

Richard Lutz grabs a pew for a master of American music