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The Ringway Centre and the legacy of brutalist Birmingham
Birmingham

The Ringway Centre and the legacy of brutalist Birmingham

 Carchitecture is the architectural term where buildings and cars influence each other on the design of a city.  Birmingham is a prime example of this form of architecture planning.  The city suffered extensive bombing during the war and there were opportunities to plan a…

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The continuing story of HS2 and 16 Acre wood
Birmingham

The continuing story of HS2 and 16 Acre wood

On a day that the government announced a review of the spending of HS2, I revisited my continuing project on the damage to 16 Acre wood near to Berkswell.  I first started taking pictures of this small wood in March 2021 and revisited…

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High Vis 2023 celebrating 50 years of HipHop
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High Vis 2023 celebrating 50 years of HipHop

The Printworks on Fazeley street was the venue for this year’s High Vis festival.  The event celebrated 50 years of HipHop bringing together Birmingham’s street artists and dancers.  I went along on the Saturday afternoon and many of the street artists were nearing the…

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St Chad’s Cathedral welcomes IgersbirminghamUK
Birmingham

St Chad’s Cathedral welcomes IgersbirminghamUK

St Chad’s Cathedral was the setting for an IgersbirminghamUK Instameet on a wet Saturday morning. Storm Antoni was passing through and the rain was non-stop.  I joked with the photographers that we had made the decision to go for the inside walkabout rather…

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Following the colour walls at the Cheltenham Paint Festival
Birmingham

Following the colour walls at the Cheltenham Paint Festival

Cheltenham Paint Festival 2023 was on my radar when it was first announced earlier this year.  Having photographed the street art in Digbeth, I have ventured further afield to Bristol and Leamington Spa to look at their street art.  The Paint Festival in Cheltenham…

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Memories of the Colmore Food Festival 2023
Birmingham

Memories of the Colmore Food Festival 2023

The Colmore Food Festival provides a great opportunity to sample food from some of the best restaurants in Birmingham.  I was determined to visit and sample the food at the festival.  There was one drawback, the rain.  Waking up on Saturday, the forecast was not…

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Good morning from Eastside and Digbeth.
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Good morning from Eastside and Digbeth.

I enjoy a photographic walk with my Fujifilm x100v camera around the streets of Birmingham.  The early hours are best when few people are around and about.  This series of photographs begins at Eastside where the HS2 works are taking place.  Digbeth was next and…

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