Culture and heritage
Summer Art Exhibitions: Visit the Jewellery Quarter’s Most Historic Gallery
A packed programme of exhibitions makes the RBSA the number one choice for art lovers seeking things to do in Birmingham and the Jewellery Quarter this summer. Popular fixtures include the Friends Exhibition and the nationally renowned Portrait Prize , which attracts entries from some of the UK’s leading […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRebel Makers digital camp in plea for sponsorship
Original web page at Rebel Makers digital camp in plea for sponsorship A previous Rebel Makers event A new event aimed at arming Birmingham native with digital skills is making a plea for new financial support after its main sponsor withdrew at the 11th hour. Social enterprise RebelLabs is running its first Rebel Makers Camp…
Read MoreGentrification could force manufacturers to leave Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter
Original web page at Gentrification could force manufacturers to leave Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter Rising costs and gentrification have put Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter at risk of losing the trade which made the area famous around the world, businesses and academics have warned. The area’s jewellery makers and experts from Birmingham City University have said…
Read MoreHistory buffs BANNED from taking pictures of Jewellery Quarter graves
Coun Peter Douglas Osborn and Doug Wilks, chairman of The Jewellery Quarter Research Trust. Council control freaks have been accused of losing the plot after BANNING amateur historians from taking photos of Birmingham’s historic gravestones. Members of the Jewellery Quarter Research Trust had been compiling an impressive online database […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreOasis caricature worth £1,500 stolen from Lord Clifden pub
Graham Smith, the owner of The Lord Clifden pub in Hockley. Police are hunting a thief who snatched a rare caricature of Liam and Noel Gallagher – worth £1,500 – from the wall of a Birmingham pub. The limited edition artwork of the Oasis brothers , one of just […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew Chair of Birmingham Civic Society
Associate Gavin Orton has been appointed as the new Chair of Birmingham Civic Society . The news was shared by the Civic Society earlier today in their latest newsletter: The trustees are delighted to announce that Gavin Orton will be the next Chairman of the Birmingham Civic Society, taking […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreA journey from Warstone Lane Cemetery to the Coffin Works; or why I love being part of the Coffin Works’ team of volunteers
One of our new hand-painted signs. It’s been a long old journey. For over 34 years I worked at Toye & Co, one of the oldest, family-run, manufacturers in the JQ and for most of that time my desk overlooked the cemetery. Not that I could see out of […] Original web page at www.coffinworks.org
Read More14 reasons Birmingham is brilliant according to Rough Guides
Original web page at www.birminghammail.co.uk Birmingham city centre at night Intelligent, confident, excellent, extraordinary, incomparable – those are some of the words used to describe Birmingham in a new guide book that hits the shops this month. The city has been given another massive thumbs-up by Rough Guides, which in December named Birmingham among […]…
Read MoreGarden of Memory plans for Jewellery Quarter cemeteries
Original web page at www.birmingham-jewellery-quarter.net Warstone Lane and Key Hill Cemetry are now among other Jewellery Quarter sites to be optioned for a transformation. These catacombs can be seen at Warstone Lane Cemetery. Well, we say transformation but it’s more like an additional feature. Plans have been submitted for both of the cemeteries, that […]…
Read MoreBirmingham Bach Choir’s Christmas Concert in the JQ
Birmingham Bach Choir are returning to the Jewellery Quarter next month for their traditional annual Christmas concert – a regular fixture in their concert calendar each year. Sunday 21 December 2014 Birmingham Bach Choir: Nine Lessons and Carols The choir’s traditional free Christmas performance, with a selection of carols including Hark! The Herald Angels Sing…
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