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‘Beyond Windrush’ launches with Vanley Burke and Benjamin Zephaniah
Staff Reporter
May 10, 2018 | 12:00 pm
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…
60 photos of Brummies enjoying the sizzling April sunshine
Staff Reporter
April 20, 2018 | 04:00 pm
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…
12 photos of the ghost streets of 1960s Birmingham
Staff Reporter
April 18, 2018 | 12:30 pm
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…
6 female creatives from Birmingham on why Channel 4 would be good for the city
Staff Reporter
March 8, 2018 | 03:10 pm
There's been much talk of broadcast giant Channel 4 relocating to Birmingham from its current home in London, and much of it from the Brum's creative community. With all the discourse…
Your photos of the ‘Super Blue Moon’ over Birmingham
Staff Reporter
February 1, 2018 | 01:18 am
Last night's "Super Blue Moon" had quite a few of you watching the skies. While a lunar eclipse - or 'blood moon' as Twitter hashtags will remind you -was visible on the other side of…
Jedi mania hits Birmingham ahead of Star Wars: The Last Jedi launch
Staff Reporter
December 12, 2017 | 05:00 pm
Two martial arts experts surprised and delighted Londoners with a spectacular lightsaber duel, as ‘Jedi fever’ hit the UK ahead of the highly anticipated release of Star Wars: The Last…
Here’s the 12 buff ginger dudes who stripped naked to fight stigma [NSFW]
Staff Reporter
November 29, 2017 | 01:37 am
Twelve redheaded dudes have stripped totally naked to raise money for charity, while taking a stand against the stigma associated with being ginger. Often socially mocked for being very pale but for…
REVIEW | ‘Knights of the Raj’ exhibition, BM&AG
Ranjit Dhillon
October 26, 2017 | 10:38 pm
The Knights of the Raj exhibition at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery reveals the untold stories behind the legacy of Britain’s Bangladeshi-owned Indian restaurants. Unbeknown to the masses, the Bangladeshi…
Singer Billy Bragg releases song inspired by activist Saffiyah Khan
Staff Reporter
October 10, 2017 | 01:34 pm
English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has shared a new song inspired by Birmingham social justice activist Saffiyah Khan, who faced down an angry EDL thug earlier this year. In what has…
58 photos capturing the beautiful diversity of St Paddy’s Day celebrations in Brum
Staff Reporter
March 17, 2017 | 10:35 am
Birmingham is home to several high-profile annual community celebrations and parades, from Chinese New Year festivities and Birmingham Pride to the Birmingham Mela and Birmingham Carnival, but if there was…