I am writing a book about walking across West Midlands county, from Binley Woods on the eastern edge of Coventry, to Moseley Old Hall on the north western fringe of Wolverhampton. Continue reading Walk Across West Midlands Book
Review of Joel Lane’s errie rock music novel set in early 1990s Birmingham and the Black Country “From Blue to Black” published by Influx Press. Continue reading Review: Joel Lane – “From Blue to Black”
Want to walk from Manchester to Leeds? Here is a guide suggesting how to walk between Manchester and Leeds in four days via a route that is relatively easy, covers ground efficently and passes points and places od interest along the way. Continue reading How to Walk From Manchester to Leeds in Four Days
“The Art Schools of the West Midlands” is a historical research inspired exhibition by John Beck and Matthew Cornford on at the New Art Gallery Walsall until 2nd July 2023 which maps and explores the lives and afterlives of the western Midlands civic art schools. Continue reading Review: The Art Schools of the West Midlands
Compton Verney’s Old Town Meadow. A gently hilly field in Warwickshire with a fascinating past, an enaging present and a bright future Continue reading Compton Verney’s Old Town Meadow
“Making Mischief – Folk Costume in Britain” at Compton Verney until 11th June 2023, explores the ongoing resonance of folk culture old and new in contemporary Britain. Continue reading Review: Making Mischief – Folk Costume in Britain
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
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
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
Review of Vanley Burke’s Birmingham Festival 2022 exhibition Blood & Fire: Our Journey Through Vanley Burke’s History at Soho House Handsworth Continue reading Review: Blood & Fire: Our Journey Through Vanley Burke’s History
