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Birmingham: Midlands or Alabama?

By Keith Sellick on August 14, 2008 11:47 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

By Keith Sellick

Birmingham, England's second city. The jewel of the Midlands, home of industry, canals, the bull ring, Baltis, and some other things.

So memorable is the city that the council has been advertising its merits with a photo of the other Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Now that Birmingham was named after the English one to emphasise its industrial qualities. It was also nicknamed "magic city", a moniker its English namesake definitely does not have.

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Post office closures

By Keith Sellick on June 11, 2008 3:36 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks

By Keith Sellick

I was in Somerset at the weekend, enjoying the sun and scenery.

I visited the local library and perused the local newspapers. Apart from stories about failing street lamps, Britain in bloom, and car scratching, the main issue was post office closures.

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Should Robin Hood Gardens social housing be saved?

By Adam McCulloch on March 6, 2008 3:20 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks

by Adam McCulloch

I haven’t got an architect’s eye so I didn’t think anything of it when I heard that the Robin Hood Gardens building/carbuncle/concrete monstrosity in Poplar, east London, could be facing demolition. (Click here for a picture).

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