Stourport-on-Severn
Stourport-on-Severn is a mid-18th Century Midlands new town, one of the first in the UK called into being by the expansion of industry. Continue reading Stourport-on-Severn
Category: Stories from History
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
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
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
Nottingham Canal
The story of the Nottingham Canal. An inland waterway in Nottingham and Derbyshire largely abandoned in the 1930s and partially transformed into a park, nature reserve, walking and cycling route by Broxtowe Borough Council since they bought a chunk of it in 1977. Continue reading Nottingham Canal
Long Mynd Common
Discover the story of how centuries of commoning and collective managemrnt on Shropshire’s striking Long Mynd plateau has created a unique landscape Continue reading Long Mynd Common
Review: Radical Landscapes
Review of the Radical Landscapes Exhibition at Tate Liverpool until 4th September 2022 Continue reading Review: Radical Landscapes
Review: Home from Home
Review of the Home from Home exhibition at National Trust Birmingham’s Back to Backs Continue reading Review: Home from Home