Review: Horror in the Modernist Block
Review of Horror in the Modernist Block, IKON’s Gallery Birmingham’s visual art exhibition on until 1st May 2023. Continue reading Review: Horror in the Modernist Block
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Christmas and New Year Walks
Weather allowing the festive break between Christmas and New Year is a perfect time to go for a walk. Continue reading Christmas and New Year Walks
Review: From City of Empire to City of Diversity: A Visual Journey
From City of Empire to City of Diversity: A Visual Journey uses the fabulous, and until recently criminally difficult to access Dyche collection, as a starting point for a journey into over 130 years of how Birmingham has been represented and documented through photography. Continue reading Review: From City of Empire to City of Diversity: A Visual Journey
7 Tips for Day Walking Without a Car
Ever wanted a few top tips on how to get the most out of walk and exploring on days out in the UK without a car? These suggestions from Walk Midlands a website about day walks in the English Midlands doable without a car are a great starting place Continue reading 7 Tips for Day Walking Without a Car
Malcolm X in the Midlands
It seems almost like a dream, but Malcolm X spent time during his final weeks speaking and organising in the English Midlands. Continue reading Malcolm X in the Midlands
Review: Until the Last Oak Falls
Review of “Until the Last Oak Falls” by the photographer Adrian Fisk. A fascinating trove of documentary photos of the mid to late 1990s road protests. Continue reading Review: Until the Last Oak Falls
Bugsworth Basin
Bugsworth Basin was the busiest inland port on Britain’s narrow canal network in the 19th Century shipping Peak District limestone towards Manchester. Continue reading Bugsworth Basin
A (Short) Long Distance Walk in the White Peak
A long distance walk of around 40 miles doable in two and a half days throughout Derbyshire’s beautiful limestone White Peak District. Continue reading A (Short) Long Distance Walk in the White Peak
Eyam – Bakewell (Day 3 of an Autum Walk in the White Peak)
Eyam – Bakewell the final part of a three day walk in Derbyshire’s White Peak Continue reading Eyam – Bakewell (Day 3 of an Autum Walk in the White Peak)
Hartington – Eyam (Day 2 of an Autumn Walk in the White Peak)
Outline of the second day of a long distance autumn walk in Derbyshire’s White Peak from Hartington to Eyam Continue reading Hartington – Eyam (Day 2 of an Autumn Walk in the White Peak)