WW1 Centenary: A Proposal for a Children’s concert in Birmingham
Birmingham Press reader Dr Ron Dawson has sent a message aimed at schools and musicians across Birmingham.
Memory of dead officers lives on
West Midlands Police are to pay tribute to the bravery of their officers.
Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong on stage
Following 2010’s West End hit, a brand new adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’s bestselling novel Birdsong is making its way to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
‘Enemy alien’ returns to Birmingham
A Viennese mum brought her son to Birmingham recently to join in the 150th anniversary celebrations of her great-great-grandfather’s engineering firm – 98 years after the British Government branded her family as ‘enemy aliens’.
A song of Remembrance and Repatriation
A song of remembrance played all over the world but not in Birmingham – an author’s disappointment.
Wounded at Birmingham Rep
As British military casualties continue to return from the war in Afghanistan, Wounded – an emotional new play by Jenny Stephens – tells the stories of two soldiers, fighting a century apart
August 2014
Laurence Inman has seen the future and, be warned, it’s not pretty.
Besmirching the memory
According to its website the British National Party (BNP) is to pay Birmingham a visit on Sunday, October 7th, in its guise as the “British Veterans’ Group”.
Lest we forget
Sometime ago, while reading a copy of the British Legion magazine, I was struck by the words ‘Lest we forget’.
Birmingham war memorial to be restored
Martin Mullaney reports that work is to begin in the coming weeks to restore the South African War memorial in Cannon Hill Park, Moseley.
Legion Volunteers Fall In
The Royal British Legion are appealing for poppy-selling volunteers.
Coventry Cathedral concert for British Legion’s 90th
The Royal British Legion is 90 this year. Coventry Cathedral is hosting a special concert.