David Bowie 1947-2016
Steve Beauchampé pays tribute
Decline of the invisible city
Part 5 – The Kerslake Review.
Decline of the invisible city
Decline of the invisible city – Part 4: Manchester, the BBC and beyond
Decline of the invisible city
Part 3: Birmingham – Not for the People.
Decline of the invisible city
Part 2: A Surfeit of Leadership.
Decline of the invisible city
Part 1: No more the world’s best governed city.
The wrong thing to do
“Don’t do stupid stuff” was Barack Obama’s foreign policy advice. The British Government clearly wasn’t listening, writes Steve Beauchampe.
Sorry, No Questions
Were the West Midlands Labour Party asleep all last summer asks Steve Beauchampé?
Minor threat
Labour’s new leader threatens only the British establishment, but the Tories threaten much more important things than that, says Steve Beauchampé.
Not at all like local democracy
Allowing local authorities to retain business rates only rights one of many wrongs imposed on them by central government writes Steve Beauchampé
Dazed and confused
David Cameron has no credibility when it comes to Syria or Middle Eastern politics in general says Steve Beauchampé.
God save us
The national anthem is a national embarrassment and we should commission a replacement, says Steve Beauchampé.
2020 Vision
The trick isn’t to give people what they want, but to give them what they don’t yet know that they want, says Steve Beauchampé.
Give ‘em Shelter
Prime Minister David Cameron hasn’t looked anything like a leader this week writes Steve Beauchampé
Give peace a chance
A peacenik may lay down with some unsavoury characters. Better that than selling them weapons writes Steve Beauchampé.
Anyone but the other three
Under Corbyn the haves will have a little less and the have nots will have a little hope, writes Steve Beauchampé.
The great gig in the sky
Steve Beauchampé watches a group of frisky old jazz stagers rump their lump at Birmingham’s hottest drinking stump.
The John Peel of politics
Britain’s next Prime Minister could be a 70-year old former Beard of the Year who’s become a hit with young voters. Steve Beauchampé assesses Jeremy Corbyn’s chances.
The Forgotten
As the nation remembers 7/7, Steve Beauchampe issues a reminder of an earlier terrorist attack.
When Birmingham stopped racing
Fifty years since Birmingham’s final racecourse closed, Chris Pitt and Steve Beauchampé recall the Bromford Bridge track.
Youth leader
Birmingham-born conductor Alpesh Chauhan talks with Steve Beauchampé about his CBSO debut.
Review: Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney at full throttle, Steve Beauchampé reports.
Assembly point
What do we want? A Greater Birmingham Regional Assembly! When do we want it? Now! So says Steve Beauchampé.
Birmingham said no!
Exactly what part of the word ‘No’ doesn’t George Osborne understand, asks Steve Beauchampé.
Fear is the key
General Election 2015: Didn’t see that result coming did you? Steve Beauchampé did… well, sort of, a little bit.
Blyth spirit revisited
Steve Beauchampe goes behind the scenes of Blues’ trip to Blyth.
Bitter together
Despite Thursday’s Scottish referendum result, the longer term direction of travel is towards independence argues Steve Beauchampé.
I Will Survive
As the polls tighten it’s been a week of charm and threats in the Scottish Referendum campaign writes Steve Beauchampé.
Played in London – a sumptuous read
Steve Beauchampe reviews this book by a world-renowned local author.
Burt Bacarach – review
Steve Beauchampé witnesses a master in action.