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
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
The Odd Job
Tom LennonThe weirdest job I ever had: ‘I get messages from the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit tells me that you’ll make a perfect Editorial and Research Manager’
Queensway the Hard Way
Tom LennonTall tale from the 1990's of how a broken down car in Birmingham's Queensway tunnel brought a once-great city to it's knees. Features cheap jokes and some last-minute innuendo.
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
The Grandfather Clock
Tom LennonApril 24th is my youngest daughter's birthday. It would have been my Dad's, too. Here's something I wrote about the two of them.
Fantastic Beasts of Birmingham
Tom LennonPainstakingly-researched analysis of Birmingham-based mythological beasts (also includes Yampires, West Brombies and Werewolverhamptons)
“Boss” Tin
Tom LennonThe second issue of Dirty Bristow magazine features a piece I wrote entitled Lennon’s Guide to the Mythical Fauna of the English Midlands. It’s my attempt at presenting an overview of those Birmingham-based mythological beasts that have so often been ignored by local historians, cryptozoologists and the presenters of Midlands Today.