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8 inspiring reads from local female authors for International Women’s Day
Staff Reporter
March 8, 2018 | 01:06 pm
It is currently International Women's Month, with International Women's Day (IWD) taking place on Thursday 8th March. Both annual events are celebrated to highlight the contributions of women in history and contemporary society. (more…)
Birmingham ‘PMT’ festival to empower women returns to Digbeth
Staff Reporter
March 5, 2018 | 02:15 pm
A day of workshops, entertainment, physical training, demonstrations, refreshment and conversations to empower women is set to take place this weekend as part of International Women's Day related events. Described…
WATCH: Oprah Winfrey’s awe-inspiring speech at Golden Globes 2018
Staff Reporter
January 8, 2018 | 06:04 am
Oprah Winfrey stole the show at this year's Golden Globes, bringing the audience to their feet as she gave a powerful speech while accepting the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. The actor,…
Public meeting opposing Trump’s UK visit to be held in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
January 4, 2018 | 05:51 am
A public meeting calling for Donald Trump's UK state visit to be cancelled is to take place in Birmingham next month. Expected to be attended by high profile activists, organisers of the event are demanding…
VIDEO: Immy Kaur on being a women of colour and active sports fanatic
Staff Reporter
December 10, 2017 | 08:48 pm
What's the struggle like being one of only a few women of colour on a hockey team, or being expected to confirm to gender and racial social norms while having an…
Birmingham sisters launch fashion campaign to highlight blood donor shortages
Staff Reporter
October 2, 2017 | 02:46 pm
Birmingham sisters Janet and Paulinah Eboh-Sampson used their creative platforms to set up the DoNation UK Project, a charitable initiative that would address the issue of donor shortages within the…
Black Lives Matter UK Member, Joshua Virasami: ‘We Broke the Internet that Day’ | VIDEO
Richard Baddeley
September 6, 2017 | 02:05 pm
Live! Arts have released a video of a recent interview with the prominent Black Lives Matter UK activist, Joshua Virasami. In the video, Virasami explains the BLM movement's US origins…
Revolutionary Birmingham arts event to debate integration, hip-hop and Malcolm X
Staff Reporter
May 9, 2017 | 01:56 pm
A revolutionary arts event returns to Birmingham this month, bringing musicians, singers and visual artists of international repute to the city to respond to live discussion, as it happens. The Hubb Debates,…
Why are all the West Midlands Mayoral candidates white?
Staff Reporter
May 3, 2017 | 02:46 pm
The West Midlands is quite arguably one of the most diverse, multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-racial regions in the country. At its heart is Birmingham, a city with a population of…
Black Lives Matter author is bringing book tour to Birmingham
Staff Reporter
March 27, 2017 | 12:15 pm
Impact Hub Birmingham is hosting an evening of topical discussion and film around the Black Lives Matter movement, featuring US author Angie Thomas. With a screening of 50 Shades of Melanin…