Greg Chappell

Exiled in JQ, Brum. Work with software. Music and beer lover

[Nozza_ @Nozza_]

Tinker Taylor Solskjaer Spy

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

I need 100,000 signatures to win a parliamentary debate about the ownership of the water industry.

Do your thing internet.

https://t.co/kZz1cXBtz3

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Concern grows for Suella Braverman as she completely forgets she spent nine years as part of the Conservative government, including two periods as Home Secretary, responsible for immigration.

[Reiss 🦩 @ReissOmari]

Bologna marketing Birmingham better than Birmingham markets Birmingham 😭😭

[Save Station Street, Birmingham @OldStationSt]

For two years, while we’ve been rabble rousing, Birmingham’s @flatpack festival have been working on a fully costed alternative to Glenbrook Property’s desire to bulldoze what was the UK’s oldest working cinema. The 116yr old Electric on Station St. Here are those plans:

[Lewis Warner @LewisJWarner]

NEW: Opening dates revealed for five long-awaited new railway stations in the West Midlands - after years of delays and rising costs.

📍 Darlaston & Willenhall: Thu 19 March
📍 Camp Hill Line – Kings Heath, Moseley Village & Pineapple Road: Mon 7 April

@itvcentral

[BBC Midlands @bbcmtd]

More than 40,000 Black Sabbath fans will be making their way to Birmingham in July for what is being described as "the greatest heavy metal show ever", marking the last performance by the band.
And there's plenty in Birmingham for fans to see.
Details: https://t.co/zJzldMqgYg

[My Jewellery Quarter @MyJQ]

In #StPaulsSquare as part of the @BhamLightFest #MyceliumNetwork uses delicate fibre optic lighting, the underground fungal networks that support plant life are recreated, representing the unseen yet vital systems that sustain ecosystems.

[I Choose Birmingham @ichoosemag]

Remember there are those who grimace when they hear the city being spoken ill of but perhaps don't have the time nor the inclination to point a few things out.

That we have one of the five major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, for example, and the busiest single theatre in the country. That we have the UK's first ever purpose-built repertory theatre, one of the most thrilling conductors on Earth steering one of the best symphony orchestras and a citizenship that is fighting tooth and nail to save the oldest working cinema. We have two of the best street food venues in the land, Michelin stars and the first and only non-London Indian restaurant to win not just one star, but two.

The best gin bar in Britain and, coincidentally, one of the best bars in the country. The funniest and friendliest people you could ever want to meet. Almost 600 parks, 14 square miles of greenery, more than any other equivalent sized European city.

The single best square half a mile of Indian subcontinental food. Two of the very best urban music festivals for miles and miles around. A gay village and a Chinese Quarter that mesh into the same outstanding suburb. The largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom. An internationally acclaimed contemporary art venue that takes more risks than any gallery I experienced in 13 years in the capital. One of the most bohemian districts known to man and a hotbed for street art.

Lycett.

The only Baths in the country built before 1914 to have continuously hosted swimming since opening. Europe's largest concentration of jewellery traders and designers. An official gayborhood alongside the likes of The Castro, San Francisco and The Marais in Paris.The longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre companies and one of its most consistently innovative.

Hammond.

The first music school to be established in England outside London and still one of the best. Bonehead! One of the best athletics stadiums in the country and the largest facility of its kind in the UK. The National Sea Life Centre. The National Exhibition Centre. The National Indoor Arena and long memories.

The social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands.The largest public library in the United Kingdom and the largest regional library in Europe.

Britain's most important Shakespeare collection. The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found, anywhere, ever. Works by Constable, Van Gogh, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Monet, Turner, Bacon, Rubens, Degas, Renoir, Botticelli, Van Dyck, Gauguin, Whistler and countless more — all free to see.

The first building to be purpose-built for the study of art history in the United Kingdom. One of the world's largest coin collections. Symphony Hall — the finest acoustics in the country. Snobs. Still. Somehow. Mr Egg. Still. Somehow. Cat Deeley!

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Starmer: "The Leader of the Opposition has been an MP for eight years... I can't recall her once raising this issue [child sexual abuse]."

Badenoch: "As a minister, I would not have been speaking on this specific issue."

Badenoch was Minister for Children and Families.

#PMQs

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

Thanks Philip. I went back and checked my notes: believe it or not, it’s actually 30 times higher!

[Norman Records @normanrecords]

WIN! - A Dinked Edition copy of Goat Girl’s 'Below The Waste'

One signed, limited-edition, extras-loaded copy of Goat Girl’s third LP is up for grabs.

Simply like and share the tweet then give us a follow to be entered.

https://t.co/SMDaQrar97

[Turnipdodger @turnipdodger]

Should you require any further evidence of how the UK media works, they’ve been silent on this issue for the FOUR YEARS that Elphicke was a Conservative MP, she defects to Labour and within FOUR DAYS it’s front page news.

[IndieMidlands @IndieMidlands]

Photo Gallery - Speedy Ortiz @ The Sunflower Lounge by Paul Reynolds

https://t.co/7xLOqgFsE6

@sad13

[Greg Chappell @dab_dare]

https://t.co/rZ4Ew4zJZI

[Night & Day Cafe @nightanddaycafe]

If you've not signed our petition, then please do so. We're 1233 short of 100K signatures=incredible
https://t.co/KJTNP78CKa

[Greg Chappell @dab_dare]

🙄
https://t.co/sh2Xpb1LbL

[Greg Chappell @dab_dare]

😮 (see the full thread)

[Simon J Dixon @WoodinRivers]

Dispatches from Kings Heath: 🧵

I believe a mystery person or people has cost the (bankrupt) council £18,445 so far this year submitting bizarre Freedom of Information requests on #KingsHeath

Which is a bit more than it would cost to pay a teaching assistant for same time.

[BOXPARK @boxpark]

**BIG NEWS** BOXPARK is coming to Brum! 🎉 After years of searching for a spot in #Birmingham we have found the perfect location in the heart of #Digbeth and will be bringing our street food and entertainment to the people in 2025 👏