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Digbeth – Still Walking

Today marks the first day of the first Still Walking festival. As with anything cultural, independent and slightly unusual, Digbeth takes pride of place in the programme. Local historian, Ben Waddington, decided to organise Still Walking after it became apparent … Continue reading

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A Saturday East Stride with We Are Eastside

There was a definite chill in the air last Saturday afternoon but that didn’t stop a good crowd braving the great outdoors for We Are Eastside’s East Stride, a tour of some of the area’s key arts venues led by … Continue reading

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This weekend: Flatpack Festival and We Are Eastside launch

My, my I’ve a busy weekend in store, what with the Flatpack Festival and We Are Eastside launch and all.  I’d better make a list of all the things I’ve bought tickets for or promised myself I’d see, just so’s … Continue reading

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The busy Digbeth March hare: St Patrick’s Festival and We Are Eastside

Digbeth is set to get brilliantly busy this month with the impending St Patrick’s Festival weekend, closely followed by the launch of We Are Eastside, which will coincide with 7 Inch Cinema’s Flatpack Film Festival. St Patrick’s Festival Birmingham This … Continue reading

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Ben Waddington’s beer mat art at The Spotted Dog

Here’s artist Ben Waddington at his latest exhibition – a beer mat advent calendar currently on display at The Spotted Dog pub on Warwick Street.  It’s an advent calendar made up of painted beer mats depicting signs and scenes personally … Continue reading

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The funeral of The Site

Yesterday a funeral was held for a forgotten croft in Digbeth. The ceremony marked the death of industrial use for a burnt-out warehouse overlooking the river Rea. Public Artist Hannah Hull spent three months researching this site of No Special … Continue reading

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Digbeth Type and Architecture Tour

After a couple of days of going through the film clips and embedding them into the Googlemap tags, I’ve finally finished Ben Waddington’s Digbeth Type and Architecture Tour, which I felt warranted its own page. Here’s a taster clip to … Continue reading

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