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BAFTA winner and social entrepreneur Akala confronted issues of race and class as part of a new book launched at Birmingham City University this evening. ‘Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire’ sees the MOBO award-winning artist discuss policing, education and politics, exploring issues which he considers are at the heart of the legacy…
With the coming together of various communities – not just the predominant LGBTQ+ community – for Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations, it’s easy to forget the past struggles which have allowed us to be in this position to celebrate Pride the way we do. I’ve known about Pride celebrations all my life – from the rainbows that…
Nine of history’s most formidable Vikings will arrive in the City of Wolverhampton next month – and they’re staying for the summer. It will mark the launch of Wolverhampton Art Gallery’s ‘Viking Heroes’ exhibition – a touring exhibition from The JORVIK Group of Attractions, operators of the award-winning JORVIK Viking Centre in York.
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 of the Flatpack Film Festival.
Birmingham Heritage Week, a city-wide festival that celebrates Birmingham’s rich and diverse heritage, is set to return for a fourth year after securing vital sponsorship funding. Sponsors who will be supporting this year’s festival include The University of Birmingham, Historic England and Colmore BID as Gold Sponsors and the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce as…
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 community has provided the backbone for the momentous expansion of curry houses in the UK. The rise of the curry has led to it being…
Dr John Dee is back and ready to party, as we look at 4/20, once again, only emerging from his haze of smoke long enough to write this article for you, the gentle reader. Hemp. Before 1937, hemp was the world’s biggest, global crop, with a myriad of resourceful uses. It is an easily grow…