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South Korea has become much more relevant to five young Brummie musicians over the last year. Introducing: Karkosa

Review: Self Esteem hits the sweet spot in Birmingham

Sheffield’s Self Esteem played a wonderfully executed Birmingham set on March 12th, swaying carefully between layered pop and soulful acoustics.

The 40-acre, state-of-the-art studio is in the planning stages still, but promises to bring in world class production companies.

Ricky Gervais’ latest sitcom, After Life, is occasionally overbearing but often brilliant. Sam Lambeth reviews.

Richard Billingham brings his domestic photography to life in this feature debut which explores a childhood marked by poverty.

Following successful ventures in Nottingham and Leeds, the well-known chain of cat cafés will be opening a branch in Birmingham this May.

Supersonic Festival International Women’s Day party at Centrala couldn’t have been a more fitting send off for sex-punk heroes, Youth Man,

London singer-songwriter Freya Ridings played to a sold out crowd at Birmingham’s O2 Institute on 9th March

Brum fanzine Slag Mag kicks off on International Women’s Day with support from local talents Czafari, Sofa King and Sorry Grace

Gloriously quirky newcomer to the UK’s pop scene, Self Esteem, takes her album Compliments Please on tour this month