BBC drama star to attend Refugee Week screening in city
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 […] The post BBC drama...
View ArticleLocal comedy hopeful set to share stage with surrealist stand-up Ross Noble
Young West Midlands actor and entertainer Michael Crump – who appeared in BBC drama Danny and the Human Zoo in 2015 – will be joining legendary stand-up surrealist Ross Noble on stage this week, […]...
View ArticleREVIEW: Star-studded Elite Fashion Show sparkles supreme
On Sunday 25th June 2017, I had the exquisite pleasure of attending the Elite Fashion Show at the MacDonald Burlington Hotel. Now in its third year, and brainchild of the wonderfully […] The post...
View ArticleREVIEW: ‘The Restaurant’ Italian Eatery, Broadway Casino
What places come to mind when you think about eating out in Birmingham? Although it is not normally somewhere you would think of when going out to eat in the […] The post REVIEW: ‘The Restaurant’...
View ArticleBirmingham storytelling showcase to tackle societal polarisation in...
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, […] The...
View ArticlePalestine Jazz musicians to perform at Birmingham Town Hall on Friday
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 […] The post...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs set to inspire at Birmingham evening of empowerment
A host of entrepreneurs and successful creatives will be sharing their life and career journey at the Birmingham mac this weekend, as they hope to inspire audiences through the implementation of […]...
View ArticleOPINION: The whitewashing of Birmingham’s street art continues
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 […] The post...
View ArticleWorld champion poet Buddy Wakefield to perform in Birmingham
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 […] The...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter UK Member, Joshua Virasami: ‘We Broke the Internet that...
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 […] The post...
View ArticleBrummies to walk together to fight rise in hate crimes
A community unity and diversity walk is taking place in Birmingham this month to challenge the recent rise in hate crimes in the West Midlands. Members of different ethnic, cultural […] The post...
View ArticleHUMOUR | Ask aar Kev: ‘To be gay or not to be gay?’
Who is Uncle Kev? In 1978, young Kev was sent to Perry Beeches school by his mother for a crime he didn’t commit. He promptly escaped from the shackles of […] The post HUMOUR | Ask aar Kev: ‘To be gay...
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Birmingham Zombie Walk 2017 postponed
Birmingham’s Zombie Walk founder Jamie Chapman with blood-covered ‘zombies’ (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Birmingham’s annual Zombie Walk has been postponed for 2017, for the first time since it began, to...
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Birmingham residents to feed homeless during EDL visit to city
Hairdressers will be giving free haircuts during the Birmingham Food Drive event (Photograph: Birmingham Food Drive) Residents from across Birmingham will be uniting on Saturday for a show of...
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Birmingham mosque responds to EDL with “Best of British” tea party
The Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate on Friday, April 7 (Photograph: Adam Yosef) When members of the Birmingham Central Mosque heard the English Defence League was coming to their beloved city to...
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YouTubers Syndicate, Yogscast and MumboJumbo join Birmingham Insomnia60 line-up
YouTube and Twitch star Syndicate poses with a fan at Insomnia 57 in Birmingham (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Insomnia60, the UK’s largest gaming festival, which runs over the Easter bank holiday weekend,...
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OPINION | Rangzeb Hussain |“Go back home, Paki! This is England!” was my EDL...
A member of the English Defence League (EDL) in Birmingham on Saturday 8th April (Photograph: Rangzeb Hussain) THUGS. That is what we are dealing with. THUGS. Our world is being brutalized by the...
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Malala Yousafzai becomes youngest UN Messenger of Peace
Malala Yousafzai – shown here in 2015 – has been named youngest ever UN Ambassador of Peace (Photograph: Simon Davis/DFID) Birmingham-based Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has become the...
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Birmingham teacher to sleep out on city streets for charity
Teacher Andrew Stelly will be sleeping rough on the streets to raise money for charity (Photograph: Adam Yosef) A secondary school teacher and aspiring model from Sutton Coldfield will be sleeping...
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OPINION | John Dee | Hemp, History, Happy 4/20!
4/20 is a code-term that refers to the consumption of cannabis and smoking and celebrating cannabis on the date April 20 (Photograph: Psychonaught) Dr John Dee is back and ready to party, as we look at...
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