Archive for January, 2008
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Live Search improves, also turns back time in central Brum; armchair travellers celebrate
Now, before we get started, I’m by no means a Microsoft shill (the Ubuntu sticker on my laptop should indicate that, that’s another discussion entirely however so let’s not go there). But, one thing I do like though are the pockets of resistance within Microsoft’s ranks; one such division is the development team who work […]
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Want to find out how Town Hall came to be?
Well, you’re in luck.
In a somewhat meta presentation at Town Hall, due to take place on Sunday the 20th of January at 2pm, a chap called Anthony Peers is going to deliver “an account of the architectural history of Town Hall from its construction through to it recent renaissance.” Apparently, “Anthony has been researching the […]
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
Missed the hanging? See the plaque
Only in Birmingham… Just in case you weren’t sure of the location of the last public hanging in Brum (apparently it was mistakenly thought to have taken place somewhere else for all these years), it’s now been comemorated with a plaque:
The site of the last public hanging in Birmingham is being marked with a plaque, […]



