The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
The Birmingham Indian Film Festival (BIFF) launched at Cineworld in Broad Street on Friday, initiating ten days of twenty independent South Asian movies across five different venues. Screening special preview films, premieres and discussion panels supported by Film Birmingham and Birmingham City University will be offering rare glimpses into some of the billion plus lives in…
You’ve probably seen a new mural in The Custard Factory celebrating’s Birmingham’s cinematic history, including Brum’s Star Wars connections, and wondering what it’s all about. Well, the artwork has been created to tie in with the opening of the all-new Odeon Luxe cinema at Broadway Plaza in Birmingham.
Birmingham Pride is in full swing this Bank Holiday weekend, bringing with it a celebration bursting with colour, diversity and uniqueness. In tribute to this years “Be You” theme, attendees have been going all out to show off their creative side and distinctive styles.
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…
A series of vile and racist messages have appeared daubed across properties in the Small Heath area of Birmingham. Racist slurs including the words “Paki Pedo” have been scrawled across homes and walls in the predominantly Muslim neighbourhood, in the south-east of the city.
One of Birmingham’s major entertainment districts was partly evacuated amid reports of an ‘explosion’ last night. Following a loud bang which some residents claimed to have heard a mile away, West Midlands Police cordoned off a key section of Broad Street in the heart of the city centre.
The London Pride parade for 2017 was bigger and better than ever, as headline sponsors Barclays led the celebration in the capital. Thousands of people congregated in central London as the annual Pride parade got underway on Saturday, with over 26,000 attendees hitting the streets to highlight this year’s ‘Love Happens Here’ theme.
A Birmingham flat in Hagley Road was raided by anti-terrorism police last night in connection to the London attacks in Westminster yesterday, which left five dead and around 29 people injured. Following the murder of several pedestrians and a police officer around Parliament yesterday afternoon, reports of a Birmingham connection transpired as BBC Newsnight was one…
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….
I Am Birmingham is on Flickr and we will be bringing our galleries up-to-date as soon as we can. In the meantime, you can check out our Flickr photostream, largely filled with the best screen captures from all of our videos along with photographs we take for our blog and new media platforms. If you’ve got a…