The Frankley Steins
A comic tale of gothic horror, rodent-themed revenge and resurrection relativity in the picturesque English village of Frankley (just outside Birmingham)
Fantastic Beasts of Birmingham
Painstakingly-researched analysis of Birmingham-based mythological beasts (also includes Yampires, West Brombies and Werewolverhamptons)
Pancake Daze
The historical roots of Pancake Day (contains shameless falsifications)
John Dillinger’s John Thomas
The strange and lurid urban myth about Prohibition-era outlaw John Dillinger and his unfeasibly large old chap
James Joyce’s Birmingham: Confessions of the Artist as a Young Man (1974)
Cert X, Dir. Alan Smithee. Stockland Green Plaza from 16th June, 1974. Showtimes vary.
James Joyce’s Birmingham: Ulysses on the Buses
Stateless, scrawny James Joyce and his mistressmusewife, Nora Barnacle, [...]
James Joyce’s Digbethers
The great Irish writer James Joyce and his lover Nora Barnacle briefly lived in Birmingham's Digbeth area, apparently.
Mervyn King’s Northern Soul Bail-Out
Mervyn King's plan to bail-out struggling musical fad Northern Soul has provoked fierce criticism from Britpop, Disco & Skiffle.