Our Director, Elizabeth Perkins, will be speaking about Newman Brothers at this evening meeting run by the International Council on Monuments and Sites. Icomos UK is one of the bodies responsible for advising Unesco on World Heritage Sites, so it’ll be good ...
read morePete over at the Custard Factory blog points us to a visit to Birmingham from Tate Modern’s own blogger Tom. Tom called Birmingham the “Warm Heart of England” and writes: the most successful design elements of Birmingham are where the old and ...
read moreJune 19th sees 2008 sees Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter Discovery Centre host the Paradise Preserved? West Midlands Cemeteries, a conference organised by the Garden History Society in association with Birmingham’s Victorian Society… “There will be talks on the history of ...
read moreStories, stories, stories. That’s what history is. But someone has to tell them. If you’re interested in the overlap between British and Sikh heritage then you can help. With its organisational motto and mission statement of “bringing history and cultures ...
read moreFree entry and drinks to a series of debates/talks about architects and how they might make Birmingham a better place. For more see the Birmingham Architectural Association. Hat tip to Rob.
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The BBC, Arts Council, Audiences Central and others has launched a hugely ambitious arts project for the West Midlands – one which you can join. I know from the Birmingham Flickr group how many people are passionate about taking pictures of ...
read moreMartin Mullaney has popped up the city council report on the listed swimming baths on Moseley Road. Rather than aim to keep both pools working the recommendation is to re-open the larger pool (currently closed) and to use the other space for ...
read moreThe Buildings of Birmingham – Ben Waddington’s guided tours of Brum, are still going stong, he promises to may you say” “They haven’t knocked it all down!”. Here’s the blurb… Join your tour guide Ben Waddington on a fascinating journey through Birmingham’s history, looking ...
read moreThe Minister for the West Midlands, Liam Byrne has summarised the plan, as it currently stands, for Eastside. (Download his short briefing here). It appears that the old Parcel Force site next to the Grade 1 Curzon Street Station is to be ...
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Salesman's Bag - photo copyright Nick Booth Most of the 70,000 artefacts have now been catalogued and removed from Newman’s in preparation for buildings work. Some remain, including this samples bag.
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