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Bid to make the Home of Metal a permanent Birmingham fixture
Economic Development
The Home of Metal show attracted 200,000 people to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2011 where rare artefacts including costumes and a guitar were on display
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Festival going from strength to strength in its second year
Retail & Consumer
Birmingham plays host to a feast of cultural events next month. Roz Laws discovers what's in store
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The vanity of humanity is met face on by city artist
Retail & Consumer
A Birmingham artist is taking a new exhibition to LA. He talks to Graham Young about capturing the human face in his work.
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A wandering spirit and a passion for photography
Retail & Consumer
To mark 100 years since the death of Birmingham photographer and intrepid explorer Sir Benjamin Stone, author and Newman University historian Stephen Roberts looks back at his legacy.
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New senior team at Solihull School
Economic Development
Independent school recruits new department heads to boost languages, music, art, marketing and learning support
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Methodist Central Hall vision wins Birmingham Civic Society's Re-imagine competition
Economic Development
Idea to turn former Methodist hall into business hub catches judges' eyes in design competition
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M42 congestion warning over island works
Economic Development
Drivers facing five months of delays as £2.5 million highway project starts
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Bill Drummond in Birmingham: Don't be surprised if a strange man comes knocking on your door
Retail & Consumer
Artist Bill Drummond says goodbye to Birmingham this week as he takes his exhibition to Berlin. Here he reflects on his work in the city.
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HS2 line would leave golf course with 17 holes
Economic Development
Kenilworth Golf Club is among hundreds of organisations to submit petitions opposing high-speed rail link between Birmingham and London
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HS2 'could damage priceless exhibits.... and help robbers'
Economic Development
Museum Trust and Post Office petition Whitehall over fears effect of new high-speed rail system could have on city's buildings
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The corset that radiated beauty...and death
Opinion
Back in the fifties, one of Shrewsbury's most successful companies was Silhouette, makers of swimwear, bras, girdles and corsetry.
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Former Spitfire test pilot and Battle of France survivor dies
Economic Development
Wing Commander Peter Ayerst, believed to be the last remaining survivor of the Battle of France has died at the age of 93.
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Staycity confirms Jewellery Quarter apartment project
Jewellery Quarter
Irish company to build £17 million serviced apartment complex with 170 units to open next year
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Get out and about this bank holiday
Retail & Consumer
Stuck for ideas of where to go this May bank holiday? Sarah Probert looks at some of the family-friendly events on offer across the region
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Packed events programme for Birmingham Architecture Festival
Commercial Property
Read our run down of some of the events taking place during this weekend's second festival celebrating the city's built environment
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Forgotten artist brought amazing inventions to life
Retail & Consumer
A new exhibition dedicated to Rowland Emett is giving long overdue recognition to one of Birmingham's most unsung, visionary talents. Graham Young reports
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Bill Drummond in Birmingham: Glorious ragwort is a symbol of culture
Retail & Consumer
Ragwort Week exists to celebrate the glories of degeneration and not the banalities of regeneration.
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Ikon Gallery founder and artist David Prentice dies aged 77
Economic Development
David Prentice co-founded the original venue along with wife Dinah back in 1964
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Birmingham artist to show in BP Portrait Award - world's most prestigious portrait exhibition
Retail & Consumer
Robert Neil is one of only 55 artists who will show their work at the National Portrait Gallery in London in this year’s BP Portrait Award exhibition
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Ƶ's biggest loan collection of British art buys work by West Midlands artists
Retail & Consumer
After being spotted at galleries and studios in Birmingham, work by Barbara Walker, Stuart Whipps, Chris Clinton and Lucy Hutchinson is the latest to be purchased by the Arts Council Collection’s Acquisitions Committee
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Eastside photowalk as part of Birmingham Architecture Festival
Enterprise
Eastside Through The Lens will take in areas of Birmingham’s industrial heritage alongside newer developments and street art
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£10m Sir Anthony Van Dyck self-portrait to go on display in Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Appeal to acquire the self-portrait, painted shortly before the Flemish master’s death, is being described as the most successful public fundraising campaign for a work of art in British history
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Locke director Steven Knight shares his vision for a more creative Birmingham
Enterprise
Tom Hardy – “the best young actor Britain has got” – is the star of his new film, Locke, about a man undergoing a personal and professional crisis while driving from Birmingham to London
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Birmingham Conservative councillor calls party 'undemocratic' as he stands down
Economic Development
Commercial lawyer Alan Rudge, who was first elected to the Birmingham City Council chamber in 1976, was replaced as candidate last summer following a furious bust-up with regional officials over new selection processes
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