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Antonio Aakeel is a British actor from Wolverhampton – based in Birmingham – who has appeared in British TV dramas and international feature films including Hollywood and Bollywood productions. A seasoned star of stage and screen, the thespian was in 2018 named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow by Screen Daily. Here’s photos of Antonio Aakeel from…
New research has found that 83% of parents in the West Midlands don’t understand kids modern day slang, like IRL obvs! ‘Obvs’, ‘sick’ and ‘awks’ are currently among the words most commonly used by young people in Britain, but which leave most others at a loss when it comes to figuring out what they mean.
The old Birmingham Wholesale Markets have today been demolished, completely torn down to make way for a new multi-purpose development. The building complex, officially opening in 1974, was part of the regeneration of the city when the Bull Ring Centre was originally constructed in the late 1950s, but had become dated and was recently closed, allowing…
The much-anticipated shortlist for the Birmingham Awards 2018 has been announced, with voting now open. After receiving over 500 applications, awards organisers have finally announced the shortlist of finalists, up for the city’s prestigious accolades.
Not long now until the first of the three interconnected music festivals of Birmingham’s summer schedule. And, with Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul running across the weekend of Friday July 6th – 8th in Moseley’s Park, you may want to consider catching these acts across the weekend.
A host of celebrities joined David Tennant in Birmingham this evening for the regional premiere screening of new film You, Me and Him at Cineworld in Broad Street. Gracing the red carpet tonight were stars of the film Faye Marsay and Peter Davison, director Daisy Aitkens, and a host of local talent including Nick Owen, Bharti Patel…
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 about the media giant potentially moving to the Midlands city (who wouldn’t want to? We are lovely here!) and with it being International Women’s Month, we decided to…
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.
A passenger on a Midlands train took ‘manspreading’ to a whole new level recently after being captured deeply slouched into his seat while with legs spread far and wide across two additional seats. The young man, immersed in his phone with earbuds plugged in, was photographed by a fellow passenger who found his extreme position and…
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….