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Originally posted on Michael Griffith: Home Page- Literature and Life Summer 2023:
HI All, we are going to have an amazing experience this Tuesday, exploring Renaissance art that depicts many of the social and historical contexts and obsessions of the Renaissance…
Bagels for #Birmingham on Temple Row as Steamhouse opens a new Brummie outlet
It is all about the anticipation in this week’s Table Talk, with a new pub beer festival for Worcester, bagels for Birmingham and afternoon tea for Compton Verney that are all coming soon.
Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March the first Worcester Pub Beer Festival will be held. This new event for the town will feature twelve of Worcester’s finest pubs, over 120 different beers, some amazing ciders and perrys and, of course, fantastic food and entertainment. All of the featured pubs and bars are just a short walk from Foregate Street train station with more details on their Facebook page.
The freshly baked bagels and to die for cakes have been a hit in Leamington for the past three years and now The Steamhouse is getting ready to open a new coffee shop in Birmingham. Expect to pay around a fiver for classic smoked salmon and cream cheese…
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Independent #Birmingham Card 2019 out now to get lots of discounts from Birmingham’s independent retailers from restaurants to clothing stores and shoe shops…get one to get some fantastic Brummie discounts @BrumIsBrill
Every year Independent Birmingham commissions an incredible local artist to design their new Independent Birmingham Membership Card – with the vision being that the design must not only be a beautiful piece of artwork for your pocket, but also a unique piece that champions and celebrates the city. This year they teamed up with Lil & Brun (who design and illustrate wonderful prints for children’s rooms and nurseries) to create a design that emulates the vintage posters of yesteryear – and celebrates Birmingham for the truly incredible and iconic city it is.
More than just a discount card, Independent Birmingham is a movement, a revolution of local – and a way of giving back to the city in which we work and live. Not only is it a fantastic piece of artwork for your pocket (which just so happens to entitle you to amazing discounts and deals at over 110…
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Dr Helen Pankhurst of the famous Suffragette family to conduct a talk in Birmingham for World Women’s Day
Great-granddaughter of suffrage leader Emmeline Pankhurst, Dr Helen Pankhurst CBE, will deliver the keynote speech at a free to attend West Midlands Women’s Voice event that will take place on Wednesday 6 March from 10am to 4pm at The Custard Factory.
The ‘In Conversation…’ event is being hosted by West Midlands Women’s Voice – an organisation made up of influential women working together to support the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in setting an agenda for economic growth and better social welfare – and will put the spotlight on the role of women in arts, culture, sport and business within the region at a time when the region will be in the headlines ahead of the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Coventry being named as the UK City of Culture.
During the day, attendees will hear from high profile speakers from the world of sport, the armed forces and emergency services, music…
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Keith Bracey the Brummie Bard Birmingham & Black Country poet & writer 