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BLOG: Musical Dan has passwords to the universe
Dan O’Connor is a musician from Wolverhampton and currently studying a history degree at the University of Birmingham (Photograph: Vimal Korpal) Today’s featured Midlands artist on the Vimal & Zoe...
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BLOG: Desi tales with hip-hop, blasted into 21st century
Tongue Tied and Twisted is a new theatre production by Black Country Touring (Photograph: Vimal Korpal) Today’s featured Midlands artists on the Vimal & Zoe Radio Show, on Ambur Radio, was a double...
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BLOG: Swingerella takes domestic violence message to Delhi
Performance artist Swingerella – alter ego of mum-of-two Andrea Smith – travels from Birmingham to Delhi in India to raise awareness about domestic violence (Photograph: Swingerella) I love Birmingham!...
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BLOG: Swingerella ups the ante at Delhi women’s forum
Swingerella has travelled to the Women’s Economic Forum in Delhi to perform (Photograph: Swingerella) Here at the Women’s Economic Forum, they are talking culture. What is it and why is it important?...
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Ozzy Osborne to name Midland Metro tram in Birmingham
Ozzy Osbourne will be in Birmingham this week to unveil a Midland Metro tram named after him (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Rock icon Ozzy Osborne is to get star billing in his native Birmingham by having a...
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BLOG | Did my Swingerella sexiness offend you?
Birmingham female drag artist Swingerella – alter ego of mother-of-two Andrea Smith – was allegedly chased out of India by military police for showcasing an “indecent” performance (Photograph: Andrea...
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BLOG | Why my first Birmingham Pride left me wanting more
Media presenter Andrew Stelly at Birmingham Pride last year (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Birmingham Pride is back this weekend and I’m once again looking forward to joining in a celebration of the city’s...
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BLOG | Drag Queen? Am I a gender mongrel?
Swingerella – drag alter ego of Birmingham mum Andrea Smith – was reported chased out of India for “indecent behaviour” (Photograph: Andrea Smith) Since ‘fleeing’ from India in just my ‘knickers’ (if...
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City awash with rainbows as Birmingham Pride launched
Birmingham’s twentieth Pride celebrations are taking place during the Bank Holiday weekend (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Birmingham Pride has begun with a bang, and over 80,000 are expected to attend the...
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BLOG | How to make a Gay Pride rainbow sandwich
Luke Williams is a YouTuber from Birmingham who focuses on LGBT themed content (Photograph: LukeOfficial) To celebrate Birmingham Pride, I wanted this week’s video to reflect just that. Fun, colourful...
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Singer thrown out of Brum club during Alesha Dixon show
Alesha Dixon high-fives fans during a performance at the Nightingale Club in Birmingham last night (Photograph: Adam Yosef) A singer was thrown out of a Birmingham nightclub last night, after jumping...
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Birmingham’s new Lord Mayor backs LGBT rights at Birmingham Pride
Birmingham’s new Lord Mayor Councillor Carl Rice, here with the Lady Mayoress and Lawrence Barton, is backing Stonewall’s ‘By Your Side’ campaign for LGBT rights in the workplace (Photograph: Adam...
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White Dee is broke and serving pints in Birmingham
White Dee – real name Deirdre Kelly – was seen at Birmingham Pride pulling pints at a Davenport brewers bar stand (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Birmingham’s most well-known reality star White Dee – real...
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Ruby Turner celebrates BBC Music Day at Grand Central
Birmingham singer Ruby Turner takes to the stage at Grand Central for BBC Music Day (Photograph: Paul Stringer) Gospel Queen Ruby Turner and a choral Flash Mob delighted commuters with a special...
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15 moving photos of Muhammad Ali in Birmingham
Muhammad Ali has passed away after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease, age 74 Muhammad Ali has made several visits to Birmingham, England, over the decades, in the 80s and 90s. He visited the city...
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Birmingham Muslims mark beginning of Ramadan
Worshipper Sarmad Qusai outside Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Ramadan, a month of religious spirituality and fasting for Muslims, has begun. For many, it started on...
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Tesco donates food to Birmingham mosques for Ramadan
Tesco’s dotcom van has been decorated with a Ramadan theme, specially designed by pupil Sangeeta Digpal Twenty mosques across the UK – including in Birmingham, London, Manchester, Bradford and...
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Birmingham mosque to hold prayer service for Muhammad Ali
The Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate will be holding a special prayer service in honour of the late boxer and activist Muhammad Ali (Photograph: Ezzat El-Barbary) Birmingham’s premiere mosque will...
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BLOG | Celebrating the life of Prince in Birmingham
The life and music of Prince is being celebrated in Birmingham (Photograph: Kevin Doody) A Life & Birthday Celebration! marks the legacy of Prince by taking the audience on a kaleidoscope of the...
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Hundreds pay tribute to Muhammad Ali at Birmingham mosque
Staff at Birmingham Central Mosque remember the legendary icon’s visit to the place of worship in 1983 (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Hundreds of people have attended a special funeral prayer service at the...
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