Category Archives: Birmingham

The mysterious case of Birmingham’s missing Victorian cast iron urinal

Posted on 12 May 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett wants to know what happened to the listed Victorian cast iron urinal, which he acquired for Birmingham Railway Museum in 1987. Continue reading →

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Alan Sugar, Digby Jones and me, in the Daily Express

Posted on 12 May 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett is quoted in Ros Dodd’s article, “The Apprentice Proves that Britain Means Business”, in the Daily Express. Continue reading →

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Syndicating Customisable Hyperlocal Blog Content

Posted on 3 May 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett proposes the syndication of customisable hyperlocal blog content, poses some questions, and invites comments on how this can practically be achieved. Continue reading →

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My name is Andy Mabbett, and I’m a Hyperlocal blogger

Posted on 23 April 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett is now a hyperlocal blogger, for ‘The B44’, in Great Barr & Kingstanding, Birmingham, England Continue reading →

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Portrait with Brompton Bike

Posted on 15 April 2011 by Andy Mabbett

Portraits of Andy Mabbett, part of the Birmingham Cyclists project by Pete, aka Dividenthal. Continue reading →

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Don’t confuse your social media channels

Posted on 30 November 2010 by Andy Mabbett

Piping Facebook status updates to Twitter (or any automation of cross-channel feeds) can give confusing messages. Continue reading →

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Sharing images openly is better than uploading to single sites

Posted on 7 September 2010 by Andy Mabbett

Where’s the best place to publish metadata about archived images? Continue reading →

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Ian Emes’ ‘French Windows’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘One of These Days’ at Ikon

Posted on 20 July 2010 by Andy Mabbett

Ian Emes’ video for Pink Floyd’s ‘One of These Days’, ‘French Windows’, is part of an exhibition at Birmingham’s Ikon gallery, until September 2010 Continue reading →

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Bacchus Bar, Birmingham. Awful.

Posted on 21 November 2009 by Andy Mabbett

A visit to Bacchus Bar, Birmingham, was ruined by bad service, filthy toilets and failure of staff to remove a puddle of vomit. Continue reading →

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25 things about Andy Mabbett

Posted on 20 February 2009 by Andy Mabbett

0000-0001-5882-6823I’ve been wondering whether anyone would tag me to give “Seven Things you Never Knew About Me”, and how on Earth I would come up with that many. My friend and colleague Emma Routh tagged me on Facebook in a … Continue reading →

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