Remembering Birmingham legend Professor Benjamin Zephaniah 1958 - 2023

Found in Birmingham City Centre this morning, lovely little dog, we think originally from Billesley. Please share.

Reunited quickly with one happy owner in Hodge Hill.

Thank you to Chris and Paul from Central BID Birmingham for dropping into our vintage pop-up in Great Western Arcade. Not only did they give us some great safety tips, trainer aficionado Chris pointed out how much of a bargain some of our stock is. 👟 🛍️

Artists, you have 1 week left to apply for Birmingham Creates: The Open! centralbid.co.uk/birmingham-cre…

We're looking forward to welcoming 14,000 runners on Sunday for the Great Run, going past the Peaky Blinders wall on Hill Street which the BID created with Castle Fine Art in 2022 in time for Birmingham 2022, previously a tag blighted wall but still proving popular today!

Life saving bleed kits installed across the city centre thanks to funding by WestMidsPCC and partnership work with The Daniel Baird Foundation #ControlTheBleed🩸 West Midlands Police Birmingham Police Dr Lynne Baird MBE centralbid.co.uk/life-saving-bl…

Some news! It's an absolute honour to be co-curating 'Benjamin Zephaniah - The Brighter Flame', an exhibition coming to Birmingham's streets this summer. With poetry, photographs & flags flying high, it will celebrate the city's great poet of the people colmorebusinessdistrict.com/2024/06/benjam…

Overnight jet washing in John Bright Street, creating a welcoming area for visitors and businesses.

So pleased to see Benjamin Zephaniah's flags flying high in his memory on Colmore Row, ahead of 'The Brighter Flame' exhibition arriving in Victoria Square on 5 July bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… 🔥

Overnight cleaning of the paving at the New Street and Corporation Street junction

🐻Hello, Bear-mingham!🐻 Check out our latest city centre sculpture trail based on the classic children’s story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt! Follow the link to download your trail map and go bear hunting... centralbid.co.uk/bear-hunt/

Benjamin Zephaniah exhibition opens in city bbc.in/3W9M2Pu

The new climbing wall has opened at #SelfridgesBirmingham, here until 1st September as part of #Sportopia Selfridges 🧗

Today we enjoyed the sunshine on a Bear Hunt around Birmingham. There was no grass, rivers, squelchy mud, forests or snow storms but we did find all the bears! Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷

Shopping In Birmingham Central BID Birmingham Bham Children's Hosp 💙 well Jack McKay, Andrew McKay and I had a lovely time going on a Bear-mingham hunt. Back home to Glasgow tomorrow.

The Lord Mayor Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Lady Mayoress and their dog Duncan met businesses within the Central BID area last week, alongside the BID team.

Great start to the weekend for Jamaica in the Square #Jamaica0121 it’s there until Sunday.

Who better than Mr Brown himself to announce Paddington Visits… statues of the nation’s favourite marmalade-loving bear will be taking a seat in locations across the UK and Ireland in early October.

Paddington has arrived in Birmingham! Fans can take a pew next to Paddington on his very own bench at the Medicine Terrace at Selfridges, Bullring, launched today by @brumlordmayor @Studiocanaluk Paddington #PaddingtonInPeru