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Author: Richard Franks

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The Luckiest People in Birmingham

December 29, 2020December 30, 2020 Richard Franks

The popularity of lottery mathematics is on the rise to calculate the probability of winning in a lottery. Lottery enthusiasts

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The breweries delivering craft beer in and around Birmingham

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Richard Franks Beer, brewery, Craft beer, Digbeth, Stirchley

The best breweries in Birmingham and the surrounding area who are delivering craft beer during lockdown and UK Covid restrictions.

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Editors, Happy Mondays & Friendly Fires to play new Wolverhampton festival

October 16, 2020November 20, 2020 Richard Franks Ash, Black Grape, Cast, Echo & the Bunnymen, Editors, Friendly Fires, Glasvegas, Happy mondays, Sleeper

Other acts booked to play the new Creation Festival include Ash, Echo & The Bunnymen, Cast, Black Grape and Glasvegas. Ticket info here.

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Review: Mike Skinner’s The Streets provide a glimmer of hope with ticketed live stream gig

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Richard Franks

On Thursday 6th August, your local city poet Mike Skinner proved that ticketed live streams can work, and offered hope for many in the music industry

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Birmingham venues including The Sunflower Lounge facing threat of imminent closure

July 24, 2020July 25, 2020 Richard Franks The Sunflower Lounge

As a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, a number of grassroots music venues in and around Birmingham could be just ‘weeks away from closure’

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Ozzy Osbourne prepares new studio album

May 28, 2020 Richard Franks

It’s been little more than three months since Ozzy Osbourne released his last album, and the legendary rocker is already planning the follow-up.

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Table Scraps release video for quarantine single ‘I Wanna Stay Home With U’

April 16, 2020 Richard Franks Table Scraps

The video for the extremely topical quarantine single features cameos from members of Idles, Dream Wife, Amyl and the Sniffers, God Damn and more

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We need to support independent businesses more than ever before

March 15, 2020March 20, 2020 Richard Franks Birmingham

The threat of COVID-19, or coronavirus, is beginning to have an impact on Birmingham’s independent restaurants, bars and retailers

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Dishoom announces Birmingham restaurant opening date and soft launch offer

March 5, 2020 Richard Franks Dishoom

Dishoom Birmingham will finally open its doors in April, following a ten-day soft launch with 50% off all food

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Genesis confirm reunion and Utilita Arena Birmingham gig – ticket info

March 4, 2020March 6, 2020 Richard Franks Arena Birmingham, Genesis, NIA, Phil Collins, Utility Arena Birmingham

Genesis have confirmed fans’ suspicions and will reunite for a series of UK & Ireland tour dates later this year,

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