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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 but when I uploaded the images I found out just…
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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 now seems to be have been renamed), such as: P…
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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 you can see from the awkward jump through the hoop,…
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Continue reading →: So what happened at Content Strategy Applied?
At least that’s what I always want to know from people who go to conferences I miss out on. As one of the three ‘staff’ bloggers at Content Strategy Applied, here’s an overview from where I was sitting (at the back, by the power points – can you spot me?).…
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Continue reading →: Dancing Dads vs Trojan Mice
(Aka a comment on corporate social media strategy.) I’ve been working my way through some Do Lectures – a sort of British version of TED talks but given on Welsh farm – and just enjoyed Euan Semple’s talk on Why social network mess can benefit your business. Here it is…
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Continue reading →: Magazine thinking, content strategy, inspiring talks and other link goodies
For the whole of December I’ve had a ton of tabs left open to read because they’re too interesting to bookmark. I keep doing this. Why?! Whatever the reason, a new year is demanding that I clear them: On journalism Fact-checking, Wikipedia and basic journalistic credibility Adam Tinworth on why…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Wipeout No3
Just thought I’d start a log of my run of crap Christmases in order to try to break the curse for next year. This also goes out to all those people who didn’t have a happy Christmas this year. 2010 The Norovirus Christmas Pete started spewing on Christmas Eve around…
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Continue reading →: Snowy baubles
Went for a photowalk after yesterday’s snowmageddon and found a tree decorated with Christmas baubles on the River Rea Route, Stirchley branch. Aren’t they pretty!
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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 mins walk from the Bullring and full of unique and…
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Continue reading →: Spinning the wheels of tat
Two weeks ago I was a fake bride in a walkabout opera in a warehouse. This week I did something I’d always wanted to do: DJ! Here I am ‘in action’. [Pic: Pete Ashton] I was booked to spin some vinyl for the regular (and great) Stitches & Hos night…
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Fiona Cullinan 