Dear readers — fresh off a chain of hits featuring guerilla litter pickers, Sutton Coldfield Town FC superfans and the Cliff Richard-led 1973 film Take Me High (in which Richard plays a merchant ...

Dear readers — Good morning all. It’s been announced that Birmingham will be examined by the national grooming gangs inquiry, launched last April to investigate child sexual exploitation across the ...

Lawrence Barton's era of the Gay Village is ending. How successful was it? February, 2012. German disco group Boney M dance on the stage, head to toe in matching metallic outfits. A sweaty crowd jumps ...

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It’s not every day a local poet and author lands on the shortlist for one of the world’s most prestigious literary prize with a novel about a man wearing a giant bag. Not a member yet? Let's fix that.

Jez Collins. Background: art works in EVERYTHING MUST GO, photographed by Tom Bird. Forget the culture wars, our biggest gallery is drastically underfunded We recently published an article by Dan Cave ...

Huge news, readers: today we can announce that we have partnered with Postcode Lottery to fund 150 annual subscriptions to The Dispatch for 16-25 year olds. This is part of Postcode Lottery's ...

Dear readers — we hope you had a great weekend. Welcome back, and an especially warm hello to the new members who joined our ranks over the past seven days. Thanks to you, we not only reached our goal ...