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OPINION: Simmer Down – Peace and Unity in the Community
It was a long week. A week of negative comments written by a leading politician against women from a certain ethnic and religious background. These abusive comments were later defended…
OPINION: My First Birmingham Pride
The idea of attending Birmingham Pride 2018 was an incredibly daunting one. Although I’m gay, I have never particularly gone out of my way to broadcast it to the world.…
LGBTQ+ groups calls for cultural appropriation ban at Birmingham Pride celebrations
A number of LGBTQ+ groups across the city have called on Birmingham Pride to ban cultural appropriation, following an I Am Birmingham article highlighting the issue was published last month. In…
OPINION | Life of ‘Dr Tony Xia’
"Always look on the bright side of life, always look on the light side of life. If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've " Great song from the Monty…
The second largest migrant community in the UK, Romanians still targeted with media misrepresentation
Newly released data on migrant population in the UK caused again quite a stir in the media. Most outlets, from tabloids to quality press, published the news: Romanians now number…
OPINION: Should Channel 4 really move to Birmingham?
There’s a lot of drums being beaten in the West Midlands right now, and none louder than in Birmingham, where hashtagged calls for Channel 4 to make the city its…
REVIEW: The top 20 films of 2017
It's been a strong year for Hollywood and independent cinema alike. 2017 has not failed to disappoint and you'll find there's a substantial amount of variety included in this list. This year,…
OPINION | IT: The real horror is not a killer clown, it’s us
Imagine coming home to a house where you can still smell the fragrance of a loved one who will never come back again, their clothes and belongings are still there,…
OPINION: The whitewashing of Birmingham’s street art continues
Stroll down Lower Essex Street this morning and, other than the usual gloomy summer weather confronting your commute into the city centre, you may also have notice the brutal removal…