Spoken word performer Jamie Chapman has recorded protest track 'Taught from a Textbook'
A local youngster has penned a poetical protest track criticising the government’s out-of-touch approach to young people in Britain.
Jamie Chapman, from Birmingham, has created a music video portraying a bleak view of his home city as he reflects on how current education policies are negatively affecting the future prospects of students. Read the rest of this entry »
Jamie Chapman attends the launch of tech-fest Gadget Show Live in Birmingham (Photo: ChapperzTV)
As the UK’s biggest five-day consumer electronics event gets underway at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, we team up with ChapperzTV to cover the Gadget Show Live 2012 .
Taking place at the NEC from 11-15 April 2012, the event is based on the popular Channel Five TV show and is widely recognised as the best place to see, try and buy the latest consumer technology. With a sold-out forthcoming weekend, this year is set to be the biggest show yet. Read the rest of this entry »
The St. Patrick's Day parade takes place on Sunday 11th March.
There’s an exciting mix of sport and culture as this year’s annual St Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off in Birmingham today.
In celebration of London 2012, there will be an Irish style sporting theme to the event that will be led by representatives from Irish sporting associations in Birmingham. Read the rest of this entry »
Bully gets a Woolly: The famous Birmimgham Bull gets a custom-made Christmas jumper
If you visiting the Bullring shopping centre earlier today, you may have noticed that the bull was getting itself a made-to-fit knitted jumper. Don’t be alarmed for this is not the doings of a eccentric flashmob, rather it’s the famous city landmark getting its Christmas present early and all to mark the longer opening hours of the Bullring througout the festive season.
As of today, shops in the centre will be staying open longer than usual – until 10pm during weekdays - so to celebrate, the brains at the complex thought they’d do something extra special for the much-loved bull and have him wearing his new sparkly Christmas jumper for the next couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Creative cardboard dwellings at a previous St Basils Big SleepOut event
Hundreds of fundraisers from across the city are to spend the night sleeping rough in a bid to raise awareness and much-needed cash for a local charity that works with and helps shelter young vulnerable people across the region.
On the first Friday in December every year St Basils hosts one of the UK’s largest and oldest SleepOut events. The charity fundraiser sees hundreds of people volunteering to sleep through the night in a cardboard box, in a car park, in winter. Last year, the evening raised more than £35,000 in sponsorship to help St Basils continue its vital work preventing youth homelessness and helping those at risk in Birmingham and North Worcestershire. Read the rest of this entry »
A youngster is shown Cirque Eloize performance skills at a Birmingham Hippodrome workshop
As the internationally acclaimed Cirque Éloize land in Birmingham, bringing with them their stunning circus performance and urban dance show iD, members of the Canadian-based troupe joined youngsters from the city in free circus skills workshops at the Birmingham Hippodrome during half term.
Working with professional artists from the company, young people from around the city were given the opportunity to take part in circus taster sessions, and the chance to experience aspects of Cirque Eloize’s brand new show iD which receives its regional premiere at the Birmingham Hippodrome in November. Read the rest of this entry »
Volunteers feed the homeless during Ramadan in Birmingham
Two Birmingham Flashmobs took to the streets this week armed with plates and pans as they planned to deliver pots of home-cooked food to the homeless and needy during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The group of around 20 volunteers set up a makeshift ‘meal centre’ outside Waterstones, in the city’s High Street, as part of an ongoing committment to feeding the poor and destitute during the 30 day period of fasting in the Muslim calendar. Despite being forced to hold back the weekly effort during the recent riots, the food stall made a welcome return as helpers handed out rice, meat, fruit and drink to hungry recipients.
Ghafor Ayub, who works with the charity ISRA Feed the Poor, joined the volunteers on Wednesday as they distributed hot food to the needy. Read the rest of this entry »
Cinderella stars Brian Conley and Lynda Bellingham with Mandy Rose of the Birmingham Hippodrome
If there’s anything as predicatble as the title of this article, it’s that there will be without fail, every year at the Birmingham Hippodrome, the staging of the country’s biggest and most eloborate pantomime.
Regardless of whether it be in December 2011 or in December 2012 when the world supposedly ends, you can bet your bottom dollar there’ll be a guy in drag calling all to the latest funfest that is the silliness of Christmas Panto. “Never mind the polar shift,” he’ll say “We’ve got Chris Eubank dressed up as Widow Twankie!”
Alas, this year the Hippodrome doesn’t have Eubank as Widow Twankie but judging by today’s press launch outside the city’s premier theatre, this year’s show is certainly going to be spectacular. Read the rest of this entry »
FILM: Out-takes and bloopers from a Christmas message being delivered by Hollywood star Joan Collins and her celebrity friends.
FILM: The glamourous Joan Collins and suave Nigel Havers share their Christmas message for 2010.
