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Dirty Bristow Returns

By Tom Lennon ⋅ June 26, 2011 ⋅ One comment

UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE – DIRTY BRISTOW #2 LAUNCH PARTY WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST The more observant amongst you may notice a discrete ad for the second issue of Dirty Bristow at the top right corner of this blog. Of course, if you’re reading this post via Google Reader [...]

James Joyce’s Digbeth

By Tom Lennon ⋅ April 1, 2011 ⋅ One comment

The Digbeth area has long been known as the spiritual home to the city’s Irish community, but did you know that one of Ireland’s most famous literary sons – a certain James Augustine Aloysius Joyce – once resided there? James Joyce and his lover Nora Barnacle arrived in Birmingham in 1920. They were about to [...]

The Dirty Bristow Summer Fête

By Tom Lennon ⋅ August 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Dirty Bristow- the magazine with no ads, no rules and no objections to publishing stuff by me – will be having a launch party at The Edge in Digbeth on Saturday August 28th. There’s all sorts of strange, summer fête-themed shenanigans lined up for the night as well as live music and comedy (with yours [...]

444 Club on Friday

By Tom Lennon ⋅ February 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

For the benefit of all those Birmingham-based, gig-going, uplifting gormandizers out there (Heyyy now, Daddy-O…), The Courtesy Group – Al Hutchins’ awesome band of Scrotnig noizemeisters who’ve been mentioned here on many an occasion – are supporting London-based up-and-comers XX Teens at The Rainbow in Digbeth tomorrow evening. XX Teens sound like a lot of [...]

Brum Tig: I’m "It" Now

By Tom Lennon ⋅ January 20, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

I’ve been tagged by my new pal, the smart and feisty local Blogging journo Joanna Geary. I suppose I should explain what the Hell that means. Jon Bounds of the excellent Birmingham: It’s Not Shit website (they of the recent Spotted Dog Pub Landlord John Tighe-winning Brummie of the Year Awards) has come up with [...]

The National, Birmingham Irish Centre, 6th November 2007

By Tom Lennon ⋅ December 8, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

“I wish that I believed in fate I wish I didn’t sleep so late I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders.” – The National: Mr November “Everything I can remember I remember wrong.” The National: Daughters of the SoHo Riots It’s been a long time since I last visited Birmingham’s Irish Centre. [...]