Number One to Paradise
Alan Clawley on the latest city centre property developments.
Downing the ziggurat
Alan Clawley poses a demolition query.
Birmingham Central Library: Alternatives to demolition
The Friends of the Central Library are holding a symposium to consider the possible future for John Madin’s library
Why borrow?
Alan Clawley asks; “How wise then was it for the Council to borrow money on a public library, a statutory service that would produce little or no income stream…”
Up The Forum
Alan Clawley questions the openness of The Forum and reminds us ‘public’ spaces are becoming hard to find.
The Hole of Birmingham
Alan Clawley detects a hole where others see an amphitheatre in Birmingham
Birmingham’s hidden treasures
Alan Clawley has been delving in the warehouse that stores the hidden treasures of Birmingham’s remarkable past.
Last Ever Show! Gothicana, Shakespeare Memorial Room
Theatre company Don’t Go Into The Cellar plan to give Birmingham Central Library’s Shakespeare Memorial Room a horrifyingly good send-off….
‘Connectivity’ in Birmingham
The ‘connectivity’ argument will be exposed as the latest attempt by the council to justify the sacrifice of a sound and useful building, writes Alan Clawley
Bodies in the Library: time’s ticking
“…all the more reason to take the chance and have a wander round Architect John Madin’s radical design.”
Council to spend £300,000 to ‘sell’ new library
Of all the services provided by Birmingham City Council why is a new public library singled out for special treatment?