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Art sleuth Arthur Brand recovered “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” in 2023, three years after it was stolen from a Dutch museum. Following careful restoration, the canvas is now back on display. bit.ly/3PU4niX

Drink-drive councillor faces no action after joining Teams meeting 'while driving' bbc.in/41rg8Qb

A Goring-by-Sea woman who defrauded more than £23,000 in benefits claiming she was too ill to go outside has avoided jail after she was caught surfing and ziplining in Mexico. More here: bbc.in/3PxFv0g

Villagers vexed by sauvignon blanc fly-tipper - full story ⬇️ bbc.in/3PARSIP

Turn the city into walkable mixtape thanks to @BOMlab and @jezc ichoosebirmingham.com/turn-city-walk…

Since privatisation water companies have taken more than £85billion in dividend and piled up more than £60billion of debt. Yet all capital and operational costs are covered by bill payers. So why keep a privatised structure for a natural monopoly like water?

On the first day of Crufts PETA supporters dressed as pugs and bulldogs, wearing breathing masks and carrying oxygen tanks, gathered in Brum to spotlight breathing-impaired breeds

There’s a new pour in the JQ — and it’s landing somewhere with history in the walls. Birmingham Museums Trust is opening Craft & Culture inside the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter on Vyse Street from April 2, transforming the ground floor of the building — formerly home to Grain & Glass — into a café-bar with serious day-to-night ambition. By morning, expect speciality coffee, laptop-friendly tables and that low hum of productive chatter. By night, the lights dip and the wine list and craft beers take over. You can even order in from your favourite local restaurants to level up your evening. There’ll be tastings, jewellery workshops and creative collaborations, plus private hires for birthdays and networking alike. Open Thursdays to Saturdays, 10am–midnight. The JQ’s new social workhorse has entered the chat.

I Photograph Comedians! by Andy Hollingworth opens tomorrow at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery @BM_AG Nearly 80 portraits of comedy legends incl. Lenny Henry, Victoria Wood, Joe Lycett & more. On until 31 May. A must-see. 🎭📸

This is fabulous until you realise you're paying for all of it. 🤬🤬🤬

England's water companies promise £104bn investment by 2030. Customers will pay. Shareholders own assets, income streams. Customers already paid, companies handed £85bn dividend to shareholders. 35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public…

'She made us cry almost daily': How to handle a toxic boss bbc.in/3LKS9Yd

The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”

It is 2026. If you’re travelling by train and watching video - use some fucking earphones. Everyone hates you.

How do you want to see Birmingham’s musical heritage (and present) celebrated? forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

"Shall we play a game?" Artist: S4RK b3ta.com/board/11424810 From the 'Political Video Games' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/poli… #PoliticalVideoGames

David Byrne: T-Shirt - his new single co-written with Brian Eno youtube.com/watch?v=kwDi86…

HAVE YOU SEEN @ToyokoINN_JP? Last seen taking the proverbial out of the city of Birmingham through their neglect of one of our key civic sites. 11 1/2 Years of Failure. Black Sabbath have retired twice in that time. Toyoko Inns haven't even fixed the hole in the floor.

Disgraceful. Three nationally or globally important cultural venues. Closed by arrogant ‘developers’ who’ve treated Birmingham and Brummies like trash. Why haven’t our civic leaders put an end to this nonsense and insult to Brum? Angry? Damn right we’re are. 😤

A giant clear plastic bag was used to show just how much pollution and environmental harm comes from burning a single car tire.