Culture and heritage

These creatives say Birmingham is the only place for Channel 4

Lee Kemp is a director and producer at Vermillion Films working out of the Jewellery Quarter and London on high end commercials while also developing his first feature film script. Leading creatives from across the West Midlands have given their backing to the #WMGeneration push to get Channel 4 to move to Birmingham. First it…

Rich List 2018: No.32= – Peter Horton and family

Sir Peter Horton Construction 2018: No.32= – £160m 2017: No.29 – £155m Hortons’ Estate has been celebrating 125 years in business. The company traces its roots back to the1870s when Peter Horton’s great, great, great grandfather developed the Midland Hotel in Birmingham city centre. Now Birmingham’s historic Grand Hotel […] Click here to view original…

Ending the Hiatus

I have no excuse, no apology. I’ve just been too busy with minor things to get round to updating the blog, so it is almost eight weeks since I last posted. Unforgivable. Let’s get back to it with a whistle-stop overview of the weeks and a promise of a […] Click here to view original…

Birmingham 2018 World Indoors medals unveiled to mark 50 days to go

The IAAF World Indoor Championships medals focus on three Birmingham landmarks to act as a memento of the city The 50 days to go milestone has been marked by the unveiling of the medals for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018. The Local Organising Committee challenged students at […] Click here to view original…

Medals revealed for World Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham

The medals for this year’s International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships in Birmingham have been unveiled. Designed by Menna Jones, the reveal of the gold, silver and bronze medals coincides with the 50-days to go milestone. Organisers of the Championships opted to challenge students at Birmingham City […] Click here to view original…

Friday Photo- Summer Row

Today’s Friday Photo is of Summer Row! If you transport yourself back to 15th-century Birmingham, you would instantly see fields and woodland- a little different from 21st-century Birmingham, and this street was actually called New Road. This area of Birmingham was part of the Colmore family estate, which extended […] Click here to view original…

W J Sutton Ltd in Spencer Street building in 1922

This year we are celebrating our #130thbirthday! Here’s a photograph from our #archive of what our Spencer Street building looked like in #1922 ! #jewelleryquarter #jewellery #history http://pic.twitter.com/FaEquhnPFK — WJ SUTTON (@WJSuttonLtd) November 17, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/MyJQ

Another escape room game set to open in Birmingham

Escape Reality wants to open in this former restaurant and function building A disused former banqueting building which is nearly 200 years old is set to be the latest in Birmingham to house a live escape attraction. Escape Reality has unveiled new plans to covert the Grade II-listed building […] Click here to view original…

One man and his dog: Ed Isaacs around the Jewellery Quarter

Ed Isaacs has been immersing himself in a historic part of town, finding ample inspiration for our forthcoming Around the Jewellery Quarter exhibition. His posts on Twitter have been hugely popular, and Ed has been researching the area with his dog Theo… He agreed to share more glimpses of […] Click here to view original…

@wearephorm curated exhibition

Looking forward to attending @wearephorm curated exhibition this evening in @javelinblock #TheTramshed #KenyonStreet https://t.co/TObKMYUU1x http://pic.twitter.com/R0C4Ph3ilT — My Jewellery Quarter (@MyJQ) September 22, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/MyJQ