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Making an exhibition of myself can heal wounds
Retail & Consumer
Artist Dale Marshall talks to Catherine Vonledebur about his painful personal journey from young graffiti artist to contemporary fine art painter.
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Grayson Perry tapestries reflect the nature of a modern Britain
Retail & Consumer
Social mobility in modern life is being reflected with the creation of six tapestries by contemporary artist Grayson Perry for an exhibition which comes to Birmingham. Graham Young reports
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Tributes to late Pen Museum founder Brian Jones as his final book is launched
Economic Development
Founder of the Jewellery Quarter tourist attraction died in January shortly after an interview for television
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Sunday Snapshot: Spitfires, pound shops and New Street Station in editor's review of the week
Economic Development
Great news that the Spitfire is finally being remembered in a dedicated gallery at the Thinktank Museum after campaigners raised the necessary funding to get the project off the ground
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National Motorcycle Museum celebrates 30th birthday a decade after massive blaze
Economic Development
Firms like Norton, BSA and Triumph had gone into terminal decline with the Japanese invasion of the 1970s and 1980s, the museum kept their spirit alive
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Birmingham law firm's role in sale of £20m Pissarro which had been seized by Nazis
Professional Services
Boulevard Montmartre, matinee de printemps was sold at Sotheby’s for £19.7 million, a record price for a work by the artist at auction.
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Tributes to Birmingham Pen Museum founder Brian Jones after his sudden death
Economic Development
The 77-year-old died moments after being interviews for television show Britain's Got Talent.
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Explore medicines long and painful past
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton uncovers the delights of our medical past in two museums in Worcester.
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How the city's Ikon Gallery has become an icon
Retail & Consumer
As he prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Ikon Gallery director Jonathan Watkins talks about Justin Bieber, Benefits Street, and plans for a new city museum.
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Carl Chinn: Don't forget the suburbs when celebrating industrial Birmingham
Economic Development
Popular historian and teacher has been invited to advise the council on how to take forward its new heritage strategy which aims to cement Birmingham’s identity as the industrial city
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Birmingham should brand itself the heart of Industrial Revolution, claims new Heritage Strategy group
Economic Development
20 recommendations outlined in a new Birmingham Heritage Strategy set to be adopted by city councillors next week
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A war of words and the rest is history
Opinion
The First World War might be a hundred years young, but it’s still eminently capable of provoking controversy.
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New hotel plan for National Motorcycle Museum to create 200 jobs
Economic Development
Plans for a new hotel near the flourishing M42 corridor have been submitted as part of a wider investment in the National Motorcycle Museum.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.17 - Sir Paul Ruddock (£300m)
Banking & Finance
Financier Sir Paul Ruddock retired from Lansdowne Partners – the investment management company he co-founded in 1998 – in March 2013.
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How Birmingham led the world in pen nib production.. before changing technology wrote off the industry
Retail & Consumer
Birmingham’s pen nib manufacturing industry grew up around the Jewellery Quarter in the 19th century and went on to become renowned everywhere – until the arrival of the ball point pen killed it off
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Ones to watch 2014: 10 key people in food and culture
Economic Development
Roz Laws on the faces of culture over the next year.
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PM launched election battle at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Retail & Consumer
After the bloody years of the First World War, Prime Minister David Lloyd George chose Wolverhampton to declare a general election. Chris Upton looks back at his prestigious visit to the Black Country.
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Birmingham's Hidden Spaces: An architect's view of an evolving city
Hidden Spaces
The richness and variety of Birmingham’s architecture however, goes far deeper than the surface. Some of the most tangible parts of its history that remain are manifested beneath the surface
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Auction will be a step back into library's past
Opinion
The other week I voiced my worries about the future of the spiral staircase in Birmingham’s former Central Library.
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Ikon Gallery director Jonathan Watkins named as one of Foreign Policy’s top 100 Global Thinkers
Economic Development
Jonathan Watkins was selected by Foreign Policy ‘for displaying Iraq’s soul and grace to the world’
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Property Investors Network toast 10 years of success
Economic Development
Property investors and partners toasted a decade of success for the Birmingham-born Property Investors Network, at the National Motorcycle Museum.
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The young artist from Birmingham who was ahead of his time
Retail & Consumer
An Oscar-nominated film maker and artist who provided animation for Pink Floyd is back in his home city of Birmingham with a new exhibition. Graham Young reports.
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Queen Victoria and the shocking Swede
Retail & Consumer
A revealing photograph featuring naked women was enough to shock the Victorians when it went on display in 19th century Manchester. But were viewers in Birmingham more sexually liberated? Chris Upton finds out.
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From Sheldon to New York... artist John Salt is keeping it real
Retail & Consumer
He discovered his calling in the United States, but Birmingham-born artist John Salt is back in town – at the heart of Europe’s first major Photorealism exhibition.
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