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TARDIS lands at NEC with 45 years of Doctor Who history

On NOVEMBER 23, 1963, William Hartnell appeared on our small black and white screens as The Doctor in the character's first ever TV outing - and this weekend, The Memorabilia Show in Birmingham is celebrating 45 years of the...

Posted by David Bentley on November 22, 2008 8:42 AM

Coventry Cat Group - NEC part Deux

By Angie WIllems (right) & Jill Etherington Sunday night and refreshed from sleep with thoughts of a lonely, hungry and cold kitten roaming the car parks of the NEC Jill and me set off for another vigil. Jill's account of...

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 24, 2008 12:41 PM

Coventry Cat Group' weekending at the NEC

By Angie Willems On the Coventry Cat Group's most recent blog Angie receives a phone call which leads her to spending 36 long hours at the NEC, making friends with the security staff and trapping a family of ferrals cats....

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 22, 2008 10:13 AM

Metallic k.o. - what do you want from live?

Sometimes it's hard to feel sorry for international mega-stars, they have fame, adulation and money - but sometimes they also catch an unnecessary crock of criticism. Witness Metallica, they took the unfortunate stance of opposing Napster & music-file-sharing at a...

Posted by Paul Flower on September 24, 2008 8:40 PM

Good Food Show.

The BBC Good Food Show is heading back to Birmingham soon. A host of top-name chefs will be at the event at the NEC between November 26-30. We're media partners with the organisers so there'll be plenty of information about...

Posted by Paul Fulford on September 15, 2008 10:24 AM

A fat day in Birmingham

I was told we were having "a fat day" when we hit the tourist trail in Birmingham city centre at the weekend. Not being a follower of any of the Australian soaps this was not a phrase I was familiar...

Posted by Mik Barton on July 21, 2008 10:32 AM

What's in a name? (or welcome to the Kings Heath International School Fete)

All of us doing business in Birmingham are tied up, whether we like it or not, with the reputation of the city. We help create it and we are measured by it. Your address is a part of your company...

Posted by Mik Barton on May 22, 2008 12:58 PM

Wedding Bells For The Apprentice

SIR Alan Sugar sends his apprentices to The National Wedding Show at the NEC tomorrow. BBC1's multi-award winning show The Apprentice sees no-nonsense, self made millionaire Sir Alan Sugar put the aspiring tycoons through their paces by sending Alpha...

Posted by Marion McMullen on May 13, 2008 3:26 PM

Getting to ExCeL is a real pain - but London still gets it right

I made my first trip this week to ExCeL, the pocket-sized, hard-to-reach rival to Birmingham's NEC. As you might guess from that first sentence, yes - I am a little bit biased in my opinion. But I approached the experience...

Posted by Mik Barton on April 29, 2008 10:04 AM