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Covid chronicles: Everyone needs a place to go
Richard Lutz heads for a city break. Whoa. Wait a minute. What’s that strange flag doing flying above? Who does it belong to? Why is it there? Well, before we kick off right and proper, I’ll let you...
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Don’t shed a tear over poor old Facebook
Richard Lutz witneses a digital war over the information we crave. Kim divorces Kanye – BIFF. Queen shuns Prince Harry – BOFF Boris eases UK lockdown – BOOM. And there’s the news. Or not, if you’re in...
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Joseph Chamberlain: Worker, Reformer, Legend
Vivek Rajkhowa writes about the man who transformed Birmingham. Joseph Chamberlain, one of Birmingham’s finest politicians, has a very colourful legacy. Be it as a radical social reformer who pushed...
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Winners and losers
Dave Woodhall writes about proposals for the European Super League. It was about twenty years ago that I was talking to Mark Ansell, then-financial director at Villa, about new ideas that were being...
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Terry Wills
Dave Woodhall pays tribute to a football supporter extraordinaire. News of Terry Wills’ death at the age of 87 has been greeted with sadness from everyone who knew him in the West Midlands football...
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Moronic Magyars and Problematic Poles
Andy Munro comments on recent developments at England games. England’s impressive win against Hungary and less-than-impressive draw with Poland were somewhat overshadowed by the racism issue, which is...
View ArticleChristmas is cancelled
Andy Munro issues a pre-festive plea. As the petrol-filling lemmings continue to run over the cliff in an attempt to find the last few drops to fill their tank, I’m hoping that most of them voted for...
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Letting the cat out of the bag
Andy Munro has a few words to say about Kurt Zouma. In writing about a certain Mr Zouma, I have to declare an interest in that I have had a loyal and affectionate Bengal cat as a pet for ten years. The...
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Birmingham Games helps highlight global threat
Athletes from across Commonwealth shine light on startling threat of climate change. The Commonwealth Games which has just ended has, aaprt from being hailed as the most succesful ever, put the...
View ArticleGod save the King
Andy Munro talks about last weekend’s football, or not. I’m not an avid Royalist by any means, but they probably bring in as much money from tourism as they cost us taxpayers. Additionally, the Queen...
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