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Birmingham Inspiration Awards 2017: The Nominees
Staff Reporter
November 1, 2017
The Birmingham Inspiration Awards makes it debut this month, with accolades being presented to models, community activists, young role models, media personalities, sports teams, and music and dance artists. Organised…
Birmingham innovation centre builds up head of STEAM
Staff Reporter
October 30, 2017
Construction work on the first phase of Birmingham City University’s new creative innovation centre commences today. The £ million project known as STEAMhouse will include the refurbishment of a former…
REVIEW | ‘Knights of the Raj’ exhibition, BM&AG
Ranjit Dhillon
October 26, 2017
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…
Black Lives Matter UK Member, Joshua Virasami: ‘We Broke the Internet that Day’ | VIDEO
Richard Baddeley
September 6, 2017
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…
World champion poet Buddy Wakefield to perform in Birmingham
Richard Baddeley
August 9, 2017
Three-time world champion spoken word artist Buddy Wakefield will make a rare appearance in Birmingham this month, on 20th August, when he performs at the city's upcoming 'Hubb Debates' event…
OPINION: The whitewashing of Birmingham’s street art continues
Olly MacNamee
August 3, 2017
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…
Palestine Jazz musicians to perform at Birmingham Town Hall on Friday
Staff Reporter
July 23, 2017
An all-star line up of Middle Eastern talent, including some of the best young Palestinian musicians, will be delivering the freshest Arabic sounds to audiences at the Birmingham Town Hall…
Birmingham storytelling showcase to tackle societal polarisation in post-Brexit era
Richard Baddeley
July 19, 2017
City arts organisation Soul City Arts has apparently come up with a novel solution to the problem of societal polarisation in the 'Trump-Brexit' era, in the form of a public storytelling event,…
BBC drama star to attend Refugee Week screening in city
Staff Reporter
June 20, 2017
To mark Refugee Week and World Refugee Day, the Impact Hub will be screening BBC drama film ‘Moving On’, with actor Antonio Aakeel taking part in a Q&A. Refugee Week takes…
OPINION | Political activists scrawl city streets to chalk up Labour victory
Staff Reporter
June 7, 2017
On a cold and windy rainy Birmingham night, I found myself alongside some of the grassroots campaigners, all of us hoping to see The Labour Party elected on the June…