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Bodies Revealed Press Day on Wednesday 26th October

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

Bodies Revealed, the controversial exhibition of ‘whole and partial body specimens that have been meticulously dissected and preserved’, are holding a Press Day at the Custard Factory from 11am on Wednesday 26th October.  Local journalists and bloggers will get the … Continue reading →

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Sunday: Rhubarb Radio and Digbeth O’Lympics!

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

The last post about my uber-busy Digbeth weekend.  I started Sunday off in the Rhubarb Radio studio presenting Sunday Local with Michael Grimes.  It’s a weekly show we do at 12-2pm every Sunday about all things local, be it news, … Continue reading →

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Links for October 6th

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Melinda Schwakhofer’s latest video Hanging Custard ‘is composed of transient reflections of the Custard Factory in Digbeth’, with music from the Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys sourced by her travelling companion and Custard Factory tenant Steve Coxon. Of Comic Nerds and … Continue reading →

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Penguin abuse caught on film

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | 1 Comment

Here we have hard and disturbing evidence to support Seamus McPingu’s allegations of penguin abuse. The above clip seems to show the Custard Factory’s Marketing Director Dave Peebles waterboarding a captive penguin. No wonder he looked hysterical when he discovered … Continue reading →

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Digbeth Day Afternoon

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

The Warehouse photo by Rainer Ebert Digbeth may be short on green leafy spaces but, like the rest of Birmingham, there is quick and easy access to the canals, so when I get a touch of the blues I can … Continue reading →

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Abstract Edge at The Bond

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

This evening The Bond kicked off a series of exhibitions in their Boardrooms by launching a show of paintings by Abstract Edge, a group of artists from the Shropshire, Herefordshire and the Marches area. The Bond’s Director Anthony Collier said … Continue reading →

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