19 of the West Midlands’ sauciest streets
Tom LennonThey say you can't draw a straight line through a map of Birmingham and the West Midlands without, well, crossing a line. Here's the proof.
Benched – extract from a one-act play
Tom LennonRecently-dumped Danny gets unsolicited relationship advice from an uncouth park bench
Peaky Blinders and some lesser-known Old English Gangs
Tom LennonTV smash Peaky Blinders could open the floodgates to other old English street gangs like the Cheesy Rollers, the Teethy Whiteners and the Streaky Bakers
West Midlands Avengers: Shard Endgame
Tom LennonMeet Captain Midlands, Birmingham Iron Man, Solihull Thor, Coventry Hulk and Ward End Black Widow... together, they are The West Midlands Avengers!
St Theresa’s Club, Perry Barr
Tom LennonMemories of gone-but-not-forgotten St Theresa's Social Club in Perry Barr, once a focal point of the North Birmingham's Irish community
James Joyce’s Ulysses Part II: Twolysses
Tom LennonTwolysses - the sequel to James Joyce's Ulysses. Contains low humour.
James Joyce: the Aston Villa Years
Tom LennonThe untold story of Irish writer James Joyce and his doomed love affair with Aston Villa Football Club
Fantastic Beasts of Birmingham
Tom LennonPainstakingly-researched analysis of Birmingham-based mythological beasts (also includes Yampires, West Brombies and Werewolverhamptons)
James Joyce’s Birmingham: Confessions of the Artist as a Young Man (1974)
Tom LennonCert X, Dir. Alan Smithee. Stockland Green Plaza from 16th June, 1974. Showtimes vary.
James Joyce’s Birmingham: Ulysses on the Buses
Tom LennonStateless, scrawny James Joyce and his mistressmusewife, Nora Barnacle, were waiting for a number eleven omnibus in the Perry Barr district of Birmingham. It was […]
James Joyce’s Digbethers
Tom LennonThe great Irish writer James Joyce and his lover Nora Barnacle briefly lived in Birmingham's Digbeth area, apparently.
The National, Birmingham Irish Centre, 6th November 2007
Tom LennonA 2007 gig by US indie rock band The National evokes old memories of what used to be Birmingham's Irish Centre. Contains traces of nostalgia.