Tag Archives: Birmingham
Abstract Birmingham
This Sunday sees the fourth and final session (for me) of Photographing the City – Matt and Pete’s sociable, how-to photography course set on the streets of Birmingham and featuring a pleasant mix of arty/techy teaching, walking, socialising, photographing stuff … Continue reading
Photographing the landscapes of Birmingham
So today was week two (of four) of Matt & Pete’s Photo School. Last month, we played with finding the decisive moment in street photography, this time it was landscapes and creating huge panoramic vistas using the iconic buildings of … Continue reading
Roller disco by the reservoir
It’s a disco but it’s on wheels. It’s roller disco! Back from the 70s/80s and currently going strong in 2012 at the old-school neon pink glitz of the Tower Ballroom by Edgbaston Reservoir in Birmingham. Tonight featured a very mixed … Continue reading
A weekend featuring various artists
I don’t often write diary posts but sometimes a weekend is so full on, it’s a way to offload stuff and think about them later. So here’s the rather strange collection of activities and oddities that Birmingham presented this weekend. … Continue reading
Secret Stirchley, flashers and goodbye tearoom
After donating my teenage memory of ‘being flashed’ to the Secret Stirchley crew at the pop-up arts tearoom, this weekend my embarrassing memory became the stuff of a Stirchley promenade street theatre narrative. Performed by three actors as part of … Continue reading
The Sound of Moselele
One of the great things I did last year was join Daz Wright’s Moselele group, aka ‘the second best ukelele group in Moseley’. Sometimes it ain’t pretty, sometimes you need to sing songs by Spandau Ballet or Bonnie Tyler, but … Continue reading
Black Swan Sunday
Today was one of those chilled blue Sunday afternoons, perfect for going walkabout with cameras: destination, the concrete jungle of central Birmingham. Scenes from Black Swan, which we saw yesterday at the Electric, must have embedded themselves inside my mind … Continue reading
The new Stirchley Village in pictures
I took a photowalk down my local Stirchley High Street on Friday to log the growing diversity of shops I’d been noticing there of late, including a new pop-up tearoom… There are lots of independents in Stirchley Village (as it … Continue reading
Birmingham Hula Hoopers: give it a whirl?
Last night Karen Strunks introduced me to the world of hula hooping for fitness, taking place in a church hall in Moselely and taught by possibly the smiliest person I’ve ever met, Julia Higgins, who runs Birmingham Hula Hoopers. As … Continue reading
Arty Xmas and a crafty new year
These are some of the handmade Christmas tree decs I bought from the We Are Birmingham shop last week (while attending KTB’s acoustic gig). Only £2 each. Ain’t they lovely? Go do your Christmas shopping – it’s only a few … Continue reading
