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Hot on the heels of news last month that Hollywood stars Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn – of Guardians of the Galaxy fame – are attending this year’s first Comic Con event in Birmingham, a whole host of special guests have seen been announced. MCM Comic Con, the UK’s largest organiser of pop culture events, is kicking off the…
Royal couple Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were in Birmingham on Thursday to mark International Women’s Day, visiting the Millennium Point in Eastside and community projects in Nechells. The engaged couple were at the venue to encourage female students to pursue careers in subjects like science and maths, and inspire young women pursuing STEM careers. During the…
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.
Hollywood stars Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn, of Guardians of the Galaxy fame, have been announced as the first of many stars expected to attend this year’s first Comic Con event in Birmingham. MCM Comic Con, the UK’s largest organiser of pop culture events, is kicking off the year with its first exciting interactive geek-fest in Brum.
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 ever one event that seems to bring everyone together – regardless of age, background or heritage – it would have to be St Patrick’s Day….
Birmingham Pride is back this weekend and I’m once again looking forward to joining in a celebration of the city’s LGBT+ community, their achievements and marking ‘A Generation of Pride’, this year’s theme. Last year, I had the pleasure of interviewing some of the great artists taking part in the 19th Birmingham Pride, as famous acts such…
People are getting majorly ticked off after discovering a traditional British road sign in gloriously British Yorkshire has suddenly been adorned with Arabic translations for the names of several destinations. A photo circulating on social media which shows a road sign – believed to be in Yorkshire – with distance directions to Harrogate, Leeds, Shipley…