Mostly Jazz Sandwich Controvesy
As another Mostly Jazz Festival ends it appears that the weekend did not go without a significant amount of controversy. Whilst 2015 was largely judged to have better bands than last year, many people expressed some deep reservations about the quality of the audience....
Bank on the Run
More despondency across Moseley today as the process of steady gentrification takes yet another victim. Last week the HSBC was forced to close taking its much loved cashpoints with it. The steady demographic change that we've seen in recent years seems to have made a...
Hustings: The Big One
Another week and another hustings. This time it was the General Election hustings. That means these are people applying for a proper job with sixty seven grand a year, a four day week and a posh flat in London. You would think that given the stakes being so high AND...
Hustings Hustings Hustings
Hustings are that perfect moment in an election where bland questions violently clash with people pretending to be interested. In a bit of a change from recent trends it looked like numbers were a bit down on previous years, probably because people were scared to...
King of the Swingers
Exciting times are ahead of us as St Mary's Church announces that it's been given significant amounts of Lottery cash to build Birmingham's very first sex park. The Church grounds have long been associated with public displays of affection so it seemed only natural to...
WINNERS
You'd think that Moseley was more than accustomed to winning ways after knocking back Britain in Bloom trophies like they were sweet heroin but in the last few days there has been a definite feeling that we are finally alive. That's because we've won something. We're...
Green Light For Growth
With a general election just around the corner it's little wonder that all political parties are suddenly finding vast amounts of cash to get you to vote for them. What has come as a surprise to most people is that Moseley is at the centre of the UK's white hot...
Swansong
Moseley Park and Pool have this week launched an investigation after it has become clear to park visitors that the new swan isn't functioning as expected. It was hoped that the addition of a black swan would be a symbol of Moseley's rich history of tolerance and...
M&S Moods
The news that Marks & Spencer are submitting a planning application to re-develop the Meteor Ford site has once again galvanised the people of Moseley to action. The future use of the site has been the single biggest issue to affect Moseley in almost a decade....