Reblogged from mid * point: Kindle Theatre take THE FURIES to VAULT Festival, London. Since we started in 2005 we seem to have thrived off some kind of horror or another, whether that be a story that informs the content of a project – blasphemy, cannibalism, murder, or whether that be an actual part of [...]

The familiar clarion of “the Bawlly” (the scrap-metal collector) has followed me this past couple of days. This is the sound of a wrecked and strangulated trumpet piercing the air over otherwise quiet neighbourhoods…. followed by a damaged voice imparting what I can only assume to be “Old Iron!”. The Bawlly has always plied his [...]

Following yesterday’s tragic news of the deaths of three men on Dudley Rd., here is video edit of the grieving communities coming together to discuss their response; Birmingham Vigil: “The three who died, died nobly. Don’t riot in their name” – video, via The Guardian, 11th Aug ’11 A Peace protest is planned for sunday 14th [...]

For a view of the local events as they are unfolding: The Birmingham Riots 2011 – Casey Rain Blog Messages have been coming in from distant friends across the globe, saddened and bewildered at the news images depicting urban Blighty in 2011: Gangs of young looters, seemingly buoyed by a collective mob mentality, ransacking the high streets of [...]