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NYE Express #1: Recovery and Retrospective

After having a very long, marathon sleeping session I think I’ve just about recovered from my 12-hour New Year sit-in in the new Birmingham Coach Station. It was a great night and surprisingly good fun – I cannot recommend enough … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: 4am Project at the Bodies Revealed Exhibition | Karen Strunks Photographer

4am Project at the Bodies Revealed Exhibition | Karen Strunks Photographer – Karen’s 4am Project, designed to ‘gather a collection of photos from around the world at the magical time of 4am’ is back at 4am on 6th December (countdown … Continue reading

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UB40 at The Rainbow – some links

UB40 played their Raise The Roof gig at The Rainbow last night, raising publicity to the campaign against the Noise Abatement order as well as money for a new, sound-insulating roof.  Photographer Karen Strunks listened to her gut instinct and … Continue reading

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Bodies Revealed – some links

The new exhibition Bodies Revealed at the Custard Factory had a press day last Wednesday, which has resulted in some links.  Karen Strunks went along with her camera and took some striking images, which she’s compiled into the video above.  … Continue reading

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Sunday: Rhubarb Radio and Digbeth O’Lympics!

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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Getgood Link: Street art, canalside walk and bus depot tour: An evening in Digbeth

Street art, canalside walk and bus depot tour: An evening in Digbeth, Birmingham « Europe a la Carte Blog – Karen Bryan gives us a tourist’s eye view of Digbeth on her Europe a la Carte blog.

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Karen Bryan’s tour of Digbeth and its bus depot

YouTube – Nicky Getgood of Digbeth is Good – On Thursday Birmingham had a visitor – Karen Bryan of the Europe a la Carte blog. After a busy day on the Number 11 bus with Jon Bounds, seeing the Jewellery … Continue reading

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Brum vs Belfast #13: Social Media Scenes

Andy Mabbett asked how Belfast Social Media Surgeries and Cafe’s are doing.  Now, I don’t know much about Belfast’s social media scene but I was lucky enough to meet someone who did – Phil O’Kane, a Belfast photographer who took … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: Friday Photo by Karen Strunks

Friday Photo by Karen Strunks – Birmingham: It’s Not Shit – This week’s photo is a collection of Digbeth pubs – my favourite places to be! I hope when visitors come to the city they know about these treasures. You … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: Friday Photo by Karen Strunks

Friday Photo by Karen Strunks – Birmingham: It’s Not Shit – Made a new category called ‘Voices from the motherland’, bringing the Irish Quarter related bits from across the sea. This is Karen Strunks’ Friday Photo of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, … Continue reading

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