Tag Archives: Birmingham
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
My big fat fake wedding
I never thought I would see the day that I put on a brocaded wedding gown (with train, tiara and veil) but somehow it finally happened last weekend. Here I am… This is why I’ve been absent from my blog … Continue reading
Spaghetti Junction Flickrmeet
Why Birmingham Flickrmeets rawk and possibly create an opportunity local adventure tourism – check out the full story over on my travel blog. Meanwhile, here is a slideshow of yesterday’s concrete loveliness – or view the full set on Spaghetti … Continue reading
A night of personal improv-ment
After a week of unusual nights out– featuring trampolining, Balkan and Israeli folk dancing and ukulele to name three – tonight had the potential to be the weirdest yet. The Box of Frogs theatre impro workshop is held in Moseley, … Continue reading
