by Diane Parkes | Apr 11, 2023 | News
Birmingham’s annual A Matter of Life and Death Festival returns this May with a host of events across the city. Aiming to encourage open and honest conversation about death and dying, the festival includes author talks, a remembrance get-together, a walking tour, an...
by Diane Parkes | Apr 6, 2023
Author of The Bleeding Tree, Hollie Starling will be sharing an excerpt from her book and will join in a discussion The Heath Bookshop owners Claire Dawes and Catherine Gale. About The Bleeding Tree: As summer falls into autumn, Hollie Starling is hit by the...
by Diane Parkes | Apr 4, 2023
Discover more about death in the Jewellery Quarter with two special tours, a picnic and a ‘Death over Drinks’ discussion! Campo Santo starts with an interactive audio tour of Warstone Lane Cemetery led by ITZATNA Arts, which compares and contrasts Victorian and 20th...
by Diane Parkes | Apr 2, 2023
Eager to find out about Birmingham’s history? Both its dark and light sides? This Birmingham Heritage Walking Tour will take you on a stroll through the city’s weird and wonderful happenings. Your host Kevin Thomas, a Birmingham-based photographer and...
by Diane Parkes | Dec 29, 2022 | News
I am standing in a field at Aston Hall Park surrounded by giant flags made out of NHS bed sheets formed in the shape of a cross and chatting to the artist who created this work. Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam has toured the world and we at BrumYODO have helped bring the...
