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Chris Upton: Dog days for Crufts show
Economic Development
It鈥檚 too late for this year, but I wonder whether Crufts, in its next year of residence at the NEC might consider introducing a 鈥淒angerous Dogs鈥 class in their show.
Warwickshire miracles among the Canterbury Tales
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at cases of medieval miracles in Warwickshire.
A real screen hero from Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at a man who arguably did more than any other to entertain our nation.
Chris Upton: A flock to the order of things
Economic Development
I have never knowingly identified myself with sheep. Indeed, the only time I give the woolly creatures any attention at all is when I鈥檓 explaining the medieval English economy to my students.
Chris Upton: A blast from the past . . .
Economic Development
I have spent much research time with Victorian mortality recently. The result of this is, if I go down with anything, that I immediately assume I must have caught it from reading.
Tamworth and Britain's first ever manifesto
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at a time when Tamworth made political waves.
Chris Upton: Lessons from my mother
Economic Development
Sometime last Friday evening my mother died, though it was Saturday morning when we found her lying still in the hall, still clutching her walking-stick.
Joseph Chamberlain and the rebirth of Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at how Joseph Chamberlain tore up the rule book to create the city we know.
Chris Upton: Global view serves our history well
Economic Development
Not so long ago the collections of our great museums appeared to be under threat.
Lofty ambitions at Shrewsbury School
Retail & Consumer
Prestigious Shrewsbury School was built for a very different purpose, writes Chris Upton.
Chris Upton: Spreading itself thinly
Economic Development
I鈥檝e kept well away from the topic of Cadbury over the past few months partly because I鈥檝e an unerring knack for misjudging these things, and partly because, as a historian, my comments would obviously look like the nostalgic musings of a yesterday鈥檚 man.
How the Masons of Worcestershire helped to shape America
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at a Worcestershire family鈥檚 influence in moulding America.
Off to the races - at Bromford Bridge in Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Horse racing was once commonplace in Birmingham, writes Chris Upton.
Belated recognition for Warwickshire's railway pioneer William James
Retail & Consumer
William James was a pioneer of our railway, yet his achievement was almost forgotten.
Chris Upton: Bringing the sea to Birmingham
Economic Development
If you鈥檙e still struggling to shake free of your New Year hangover, I have a suggestion to make.
The pubs that built Bewdley
Retail & Consumer
Pubs were always more than just watering holes. Chris Upton looks at the vital role they played in one Worcestershire town.
Chris Upton: Why China remains off my holiday wish list
Economic Development
Twenty years ago, after the massacre in Tiananmen Square, I vowed never to go to China until there was a change of government.
Thomas Paine and the rights of man
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at a much-derided hero of liberty, equality and fraternity.
Chris Upton: Recession opens door to Premier League's Top Four club
Economic Development
While my own team flounders in the reeds at the bottom of the canal, occasionally coming up for air and then sinking back, the Villa climb ever upwards.
Chris Upton: Hardly a time for harmony
Economic Development
The other day I was walking down New Street, humming A Winter鈥檚 Tale by David Essex.
Kings Norton fit for royalty
Retail & Consumer
Historians鈥 impeccable look at Birmingham suburb impresses Chris Upton.
Chris Upton: Swine flu is becoming a real pig
Economic Development
You wait ages for a horseman of the apocalypse, and then several come along at once.
The troubled past of Hagley Hall
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton on the trials and tribulations suffered by a hidden gem of the Midlands.
Chris Upton: Professional but no help
Economic Development
There鈥檚 no doubt that public services switchboards have become much more professional recently.