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‘Beyond Windrush’ launches with Vanley Burke and Benjamin Zephaniah
An exhibition and series of events celebrating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush, which brought people from the Caribbean to the UK in 1948, has…
IN PICTURES | Flatpack Festival: How does change happen?
A film screening and interactive discussion taking Brummies back to the late 60s was held at Impact Hub in Digbeth, as part of the city's Flatpack Film Festival. Working with…
Sickening racist graffiti daubed in predominantly Muslim neighbourhood in Birmingham
A series of vile and racist messages have appeared daubed across properties in the Small Heath area of Birmingham. Racist slurs including the words "Paki Pedo" have been scrawled across homes and walls in the…
Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips becomes Big Issue vendor for the day
Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley, took to the streets of Birmingham this week to get a taste of life as a Big Issue vendor. Joining 25-year-old Big Issue vendor…
Wolverhampton Art Gallery preparing for Viking invasion!
Nine of history’s most formidable Vikings will arrive in the City of Wolverhampton next month - and they’re staying for the summer. It will mark the launch of Wolverhampton Art…
60 photos of Brummies enjoying the sizzling April sunshine
Thursday has been the hottest April 21 in recent British history, with temperatures across Birmingham hitting an impressive 23°C; replacing the cold, rain and snow with an 'Indian Summer' glow. With…
Birmingham charity championing migrant communities launches book to mark 40th anniversary
A community organisation that has been at the forefront of empowering migrant communities in Birmingham marks its 40th anniversary this year. Saathi House in Aston is celebrating the milestone by…
Former Guantanamo prisoner Moazzam Begg declines request to appear on Big Brother in the most fitting way possible
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, who was held prisoner by the US government in an internment facility in Afghanistan and in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba for nearly…
12 photos of the ghost streets of 1960s Birmingham
In 1968, American photographers Janet Mendelsohn and Richard P. Rogers documented the suburbs of Birmingham, fraught with poverty and poor housing conditions. Their photographs are currently being exhibited as part…
Public party set for Birmingham to mark Team England Commonwealth Games “Homecoming”
Birmingham will host a spectacular open-air “Homecoming” celebration for Team England’s stars of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Victoria Square, Birmingham on Saturday, April 21. The free public party follows…