Tag Archives: Pete Ashton

Some non-Digbeth linkage

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 12 Comments

Some interesting things have come to my attention that are beyond the Digbeth borders (yes, I do occasionally look beyond them). Here are a few: Oubliette Above is Pete Ashton’s lovely ‘Through the Viewfinder’ picture of the sad, neglected Curzon … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday To You

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 3 Comments

Proof, if any be needed, that Digbeth does these things in style.  None of your crap bits of cardboard with ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY’ scrawled over it in poster paint, oh no.  We get top quality, beautifully intricate artwork by Beat 13′s … Continue reading →

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NYE Express #1: Recovery and Retrospective

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 4 Comments

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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Othello – a little retrospective

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

On Monday 7th December I went to see Birmingham Opera Company’s production of Othello at the Argyll warehouse on Great Barr Street street.  I would have written about it immediately afterwards urging everyone go to see it if it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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A walk around Uncertain Eastside

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 1 Comment

Uncertain Eastside – A Canal from Pete Ashton on Vimeo. On Sunday afternoon, after my last stint on Rhubarb Radio’s Sunday Local show, I joined Nikki Pugh and the sizable gang she’d recruited on an Eastside Walk along the area’s … Continue reading →

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There’s a little robot lost in Digbeth

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Dunkirk from Pete Ashton on Vimeo. Oh no, my mistake. It’s actually the TTV Team’s entry for the Film Dash competition. Thingamagoop explores deepest darkest Digbeth in his own, cute as hell way and gets it on with a carton … Continue reading →

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Film Dash: the clock is ticking

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

This evening saw the exciting launch of the 48-hour Film Dash in the Custard Factory theatre. Teams of all types are taking part, including employees of Maverick TV, Stickleback Productions, two eight year-old children and one-man team Stefan Lewandowski, who … Continue reading →

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Eastside Projects

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Eastside Projects launched last Friday with the new exhibition This is the Gallery and the Gallery is Many Things.  The European conflict map was an interesting idea, even if it did look like the police outline of a dead dinosaur’s … Continue reading →

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Birmingham Graffiti

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

Thanks to Pete Ashton for sending me this.  Great images of local graffiti, not so great music.  I’ve asked this before but got no answer so I’ll ask again: Who is the artist pasting beautiful paper people around Digbeth? There’s … Continue reading →

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Where are they now?

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

I was just going to link to this 1995 Custard Factory promotional video when Pete Ashton put it on the Custard Factory’s blog, but had to put the film on here after watching it. Pete asked if we ‘recognise anyone?’ … Continue reading →

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