by Jonathan Todd | Sep 24, 2016 | Reviews |
As part of our participation in Birmingham Heritage Week, we were honoured to be given a walking tour of the Jewelley Quarter by Jez Collins. The tour had a musical theme and Jez has a wealth of knowledge. It really made us look at our neighbourhood differently. We...
by Jonathan Todd | Sep 24, 2016 | News, Reviews |
“It is impossible,” Adam Lent argues Small is Powerful, “to imagine the strait-laced, deferential generation of the 1940s and 1950s taking to YouTube to share their latest self-penned song, their deepest thoughts on their mental illness or their customisation of any...
by Jonathan Todd | Sep 19, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Many thanks to Jon Bounds, local historian and one of those behind the Paradise Circus blog, for speaking at the launch of our new mural. Jon selected the historical moments depicted in the mural, which he thinks helped to form the contemporary Brummie mind. Below is...
by Jonathan Todd | Sep 14, 2016 | News, Uncategorized |
Celebrate National Poetry Day with a party at 1000 Trades, hosted by local publisher the Emma Press. The evening will include readings, games and prizes, and the launch of the new anthology Watcher of the Skies: Poems about Space and Aliens. Pick a poem from a pile...
by Jonathan Todd | Sep 8, 2016 | News |
Jewellery Quarter bar 1000 Trades will next week lift the covers on a mural “the formative historical moments that have helped shape the contemporary Brummie mind” – at least in the view of Jon Bounds, local historian and man behind the Paradise Circus blog. Bounds,...
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