Style Birmingham • 28th June 2021 Demand Soars For Great British Menu Finalist Stuart Collins Appearing on BBC2’s Great British Menu can be a gift for upcoming chefs. The latest Midlander to impress is Staffordshire-born Stuart Collins.
The Mirror • 24th June 2021 Couple's wedding dream 'ruined' after Holiday Inn 'becomes quarantine hotel' An angry couple have blasted Holiday Inn after their wedding dream was "ruined" when the venue was turned into a quarantine spot.
Style Birmingham • 18th September 2020 Floral Bouquets That Stand The Test Of Time Disappointment when shopping for her own wedding floral bouquets led art teacher Ruqaiyya Qazi to branch out in a new creative direction – and now it’s changing the shape of floristry in Birmingham.
Style Birmingham • 14th September 2020 Drawing On His Birmingham Roots From the Rotunda to original Snobs nightclub, Stacey Barnfield’s sketches of iconic Birmingham have quickly become some of the most sought-after artworks of the second city.
Weekend Notes • 7th September 2020 5 Top Tips For Cutting Food Waste in Your Home with ChicP Easy ways to help the planet with the ChicP founder.
Weekend Notes • 14th July 2020 Fix It Time to Breathe - Free Online Discussion Events A series of free online community discussions are taking place in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and arts organisations leading it wants you to get involved. Fix It: Time To Breathe has been launched by Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Lightpost Company.
Style Birmingham • 22nd June 2020 Snapshots From The Godfather Of Black British Photography Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Black British Photography’, Vanley Burke has snapped everyone from Nelson Mandela to Mohammed Ali, but he talks to Alison Brinkworth about how his real motivation is everyday Birmingham people.
Weekend Notes • 29th May 2020 Malvern Theatres - the little theatre with a big history - under threat It's one of the most unique historic theatres in the country that became synonymous with George Bernard Shaw but the Coronavirus outbreak has now put the future of Malvern Theatres under threat.
Weekend Notes and Style Birmingham • 15th March 2020 Message In A Bottle – the most important dance show you’ll see this year Music legend Sting has always been a political beast, spreading messages of social conscious – and now his hits are being used in one of the most relevant dance productions of our time.
Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post, Coventry Live and Birmingham Live • 27th February 2020 West Midlands Tourism Awards 2020 - the winners Winners from across the hospitality, leisure and visitor attraction industries have been revealed in the first ever West Midlands Tourism Awards.
Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post, Coventry Live and Birmingham Live • 26th February 2020 How is the NEC site going to get even better? The NEC has seen a massive expansion in recent years with Resorts World, the Bear Grylls Adventure and the new Moxy Hotel opening - but boss Paul Thandi reveals there's still much more to come.
Birmingham Mail/Birmingham Live • 31st January 2020 5 ways Millennial students are trying to attract more tourists to Birmingham From Halal Tourism to the purple pound, Millennials and Gen Z students are making major breakthroughs to boost tourism in the West Midlands.
Build magazine • 28th January 2020 Emerging technology that could transform the construction industry Drones, virtual and augmented reality tools and even jet pack suits are no longer a thing of the past in the fast-advancing world of the construction industry. Some of the tech starting to emerge is helping companies to meet their sustainability targets and could become the norm for the next generation of workers.
Style Birmingham • 25th January 2020 Interview with Sir Matthew Bourne ahead of The Red Shoes returning to Birmingham Hippodrome Relaxed and amiable in a plaid dark blue shirt, Sir Matthew Bourne looks at least a decade younger than the 60 years he has just celebrated.
Coventry Live • 21st January 2020 Independent shops and other ways UK City of Culture is transforming Coventry Coventry's status as the UK's City of Culture in 2021 is helping it buck the trend of struggling High Streets up and down the country with a surge of new business openings.
Birmingham Mail/Birmingham Live • 10th January 2020 New tourist boss's tips to make West Mids world famous will surprise you The West Midlands could be one of the top tourist attractions in the world - if the region can be more brazen about its achievements, advises the new chair for the Regional Board for Tourism.
Style Birmingham • 1st January 2020 Let's Do Lunch with Gino - Gino D'Acampo Interview Celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo opens up to Alison Brinkworth about everything from guilty pleasures to his nonchalance towards Michelin star restaurants. Style Birmingham Magazine P18-23.
SME News • 12th December 2019 SME News Q4 2019 Including my features on Rise of the creative industries and How to protect against litigation in SME News journal.
Weekend Notes London • 26th November 2019 Where Can I Buy Unique or Ethical Christmas Gifts A guide to unique Christmas gifts for London shoppers offering something special for even the hardest to buy relatives.
Weekend Notes • 18th November 2019 The King and I UK Tour Interviews Famed for its lavish sets and costumes, Tony Award-winning The King And I is the big-budget musical spectacular set to wow audiences in Birmingham this Christmas. We got to know more about the show from its two stars - Annalene Beechey and Jose Llana.