Birmingham
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A Grand Central John Lewis Focus
You would probably need to have been living on the moon or planet Mars not to know that last week was a very special one for Birmingham. Grand Central Birmingham had its official opening and is already proving to be a huge success, not least because of its amazing flaghip John Lewis store. I went along on Thursday to the opening and was just so impressed with how lovely it really is, and from the thousands of people who descended on the city last weekend, and the huge buzz you could feel everywhere, I guess I am not the only one. The John Lewis store is bright and vibrant, with…
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Reviewed – The Becky Dress from Studio 8
A new fashion collection was launched in the Summer that had all plus size fashionistas clapping their hands with glee. Studio 8 is derived from Phase Eight, one of the most stylish brands on the High Street (and certainly one of my favourites) and it offers the same high quality design, stunning prints and fabrics, but now in sizes that go up to a size 24. The first collection offers everything from smart work wear, casual weekend pieces, and stunning evening wear and is just full of beautiful, wearable clothes. Studio 8 contacted me about reviewing the Becky dress. This is a beautiful piece, a slightly over the knee style,…
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Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Enchantment
October sees the return of all our familiar Disney favourites to the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham. This time around Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Enchantment, a Feld Entertainment ice spectacular featuring four classic, fun-filled Disney stories. Following on from Easter’s shows which introduced ice fans to Anna and Elsa from the smash hit show Frozen, the ladies from Arendelle are returning and promise, once again, to raise the roof with a wealth of wonderful songs and the funniest snowman in showbiz. Worlds of Enchantment will be presented by those evergreen favourites Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. They will provide the links between some of Disney’s most famous…
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King Charles lll reigns supreme at the Birmingham Rep
If Shakespeare was alive in the 21st century, and was thinking of expanding his history plays, he would have come up with King Charles lll, which is currently playing at the Birmingham Rep. Billed as a future history play, this play has all those Shakespearean elements, a central character who loves a good sollilique, ghostly spectres and a cunning, manipulative royal Duchess to rival Lady Macbeth. King Charles lll is a powerful piece of theatre where the lines are blurred between good and bad and right and wrong. It is frankly unmissable. Veteran actor Robert Powell takes the lead as the new King Charles lll, finally ascending to the throne,…
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Coca-Cola Great Britain Parklives – Super fun in Brum
Earlier this year, Coca-Cola Great Britain launched its Parklives programme, in partnership with Active Parks Birmingham. This is a programme that has created hundreds of fun and free activity sessions designed with getting people out into the great outdoors in order to get fit and active, whilst enjoying a little socialising too. Over this Summer there have been lots of super fun activities taking place in over 60 parks and green spaces in Birmingham, and this is set to continue well into September. Parklives activities run throughout the week and are free of charge. Yesterday I took Joe to check out one of the activities, with a little table tennis…
