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PRIDE GUIDE: What to expect at Birmingham Pride 2018
The UK’s biggest two-day pride festival returns to Birmingham on Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 May, bringing with it a celebration of the city's LGBTQ+ community. The Bank Holiday weekend celebration will see tens…
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…
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…
Birmingham guerrilla artist hijacks city billboard with Syria protest message
Billboards are used to sell everything from washing powder to swimsuits, from cigarettes to whiskey, from films to games, all that and more, much more. Peace, on the other hand,…
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…
VIDEO: Birmingham 2022 | Amerah Saleh discusses her Birmingham 2022 handover poem ‘Tourist in My City’
Award-winning Birmingham spoken word artist, author and poet Amerah Saleh discusses her poem 'Tourist in My City' ahead of her live performance during the Commonwealth Games handover ceremony, which will be watched by…
VIDEO: Brummie choreographer Rosie Kay planning Birmingham 2022 dance extravaganza
Award-winning Birmingham choreographer Rosie Kay is working non-stop to rehearse and ready the key dance performance for the official Commonwealth Games handover ceremony at the Gold Coast in Australia on Sunday. The performance will…
Drink And Draw returns to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery this month
After a long winter hibernation, it's great to see the return of Simon Myer's and Nigel John Hopkin's mega successful Drink and Draw back again in the magnificent surroundings of the…
VIDEO: Lady Sanity performs Birmingham 2022 song ‘Go The Distance’
Birmingham rap artist Lady Sanity and her band are all set to perform 'Go The Distance' during the official Commonwealth Games handover ceremony at the Gold Coast in Australia on…
Creative course launched for budding comic artists in Birmingham
Kicking off right here in the Midlands is an exciting new course aimed at would-be comic book artists in the area, tutored by the artists behind Spider-Man and Watchmen. With…