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Chris Upton

Birmingham counterfeiter who took on Isaac Newton and lost
Retail & Consumer
A Midland scoundrel met his match after a game of cat and mouse with Isaac Newton, writes Chris Upton.
Chris Upton: A time when cucumbers were truly dangerous
Economic Development
The news which came out of Germany recently will have discomfited all those who enjoy the traditional afternoon tea.
Chris Upton: Hollow ways carved out as roads took a pounding
Economic Development
There鈥檚 an interesting row of late Georgian houses on Great Hampton Street, on the right as you head into town.
The kindly asylum in Stretton
Retail & Consumer
A 19th century project in an old farmhouse proved that correcting wayward youths did not have to be brutal, writes Chris Upton.
Chris Upton: No parade and now relegation - a tragedy for Blues
Economic Development
Football can take you in the funniest ways. At six o鈥檆lock on what they were calling 鈥淪urvival Sunday鈥 I was what they also call 鈥渙ver the moon鈥.
Chris Upton: New spirit of Anglo-Irish co-operation on the weather map
Economic Development
Last Tuesday evening there was a highly significant event in British television history.
How Dr Katterfelto won over the baying mob in Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at how a travelling magician faced down his suspicious persecutors in revolutionary times.
Chris Upton: Curtain goes up on a new theatre for the city
Economic Development
It鈥檚 one of those urban myths of Birmingham. An empty theatre in the centre of the city, fully equipped with stage, auditorium and lighting, which was never used.
Dr Puff and his flights of fancy
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at the life of a charismatic travelling entertainer who cast a spell over the Midlands.
Lodge Park, history's house of pain
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton relives the pleasures of hunting and gambling on a visit to a distinctive historical survivor.
Chris Upton: The regal splendour ...of Posh and Becks
Economic Development
鈥淚t鈥檚 not that I don鈥檛 feel British,鈥 I told the woman at the bar.
Victorian remedies to kill or cure
Retail & Consumer
In Victorian times your local newspaper might also double as your pharmacist.
Chris Upton: Why am I so occupied by address that never was?
Economic Development
I have to say that I鈥檝e never felt paranoid about CCTV cameras.
Chris Upton: It's official - I've lost the plot... again
Economic Development
Every time I watch a crime drama 鈥 currently it鈥檚 Lewis, but I can think of others 鈥 there comes a critical moment about half-way through.
A force of nature
Retail & Consumer
Off all the oddball monied squires, 'Mad' Jack Mytton surely took the biscuit, writes Chris Upton.
Chris Upton: The Aston pub that served as a jail
Economic Development
You will no doubt have seen the announcement that Birmingham Prison is soon to be privatised.
The preacher of Key Hill
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at the life of a Methodist hymn writer who lies with the great and good of Birmingham.
A city dyed in the wool
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton examines what made Coventry one of the most important medieval cities in England.
Chris Upton: Upton 0 Murdoch 1 - and it won't get better
Economic Development
A week last Saturday Wales played England in one of the Euro 2012 qualifiers.
West Bromwich Town Hall and the birth of the town's coat of arms
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at how West Bromwich celebrated its town status in a grand hall built for the occasion
Chris Upton: 300 years of warfare 鈥 but do we ever learn?
Economic Development
If you visit any English cathedral, you will find a corner where they hang the battered and bedraggled ensigns of former conflicts.
Marking time with the census of 1911
Retail & Consumer
With another census upon us, Chris Upton delves into data from 100 years ago and makes some interesting discoveries.
Chris Upton: Better life in the country? Yes, but only in my dreams
Economic Development
Every so often I idly flick through the Birmingham Post鈥檚 property supplement, or stray into one of the TV programmes that promise an escape from urban England to rural retreat.
Libel case took its toll on Cardinal Newman
Retail & Consumer
Cardinal Newman suffered both mentally and physically after he was sued for libel, writes Chris Upton.