Jim Barrow

Spaceship type setting for the National Youth Orchestra’s Beyond at Birmingham Symphony Hall last night.

Beyond - National Youth Theatre programme of John Williams’ Star Wats score, Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory and Gustav Holst’s The Planets.

Symphony Hall, Birmingham, ideal for last night’s National Youth Orchestra performance of their Beyond programme.
Tremendous energy, skill and talent devoted John Williams’ Star Wars score, Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory and Gustav Holst’s The Planets, Suite, Op32.
At The Proms at the weekend.

3/3 🎻 The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust funds early career musicians in their classical music education through bursaries for courses, music group and orchestra participation.

Image: Manuel Nägeli via Unsplash.

1/3 💰 Did you know that d our #HeritageFundingDirectory has funds for musicians too! This #FundersFriday is all about #ClassicalMusic.

Browse 400 more funds at www.heritagefundingdirectoryuk.org.

Image: Stonehenge100, by Christopher Ison via English Heritage.

A graphic with the Bluesky Butterfly Logo and text stating 'The Heritage Alliance has joined Bluesky! Follow us at @heritagealliance.bsky.social'

1/ Hi Bluesky! The Heritage Alliance is pleased to join this network.🏰🥳

We're England's largest voice of the independent #heritage sector, representing over 200 members, and have been advocating for over 20 years.💪

@footballandwar.bsky has arrived at @wolvesfc.bsky.social Museum for today's Army FA, WFA and @wlvuni.bsky.social event

The temporary event exhibition at @wolvesfc.bsky.social Museum is up and running

More from the event temporary exhibition and the Rotherwas Factory team

Yet more from the event temporary exhibition thanks to @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social

Alex Alexandrou has just introduced today's event

Clive Harris has just begun his presentation on The Dardanelles Cup

Simon Briercliff has just started his talk on the impact of WW2 on Wolverhampton

Peter Crump, the @wolvesfc.bsky.social club historian has begun his talk on @wolvesfc.bsky.social and WW2

Steve Bolton will show the film Granny and give a talk on 100 Years of Women's Football at Molineux

Elizabeth Semper O'Keefe has started her talk on Factory Football based on Rotherwas Munitions Women's team which is part of the Rotherwas Together project with her colleague Clare Wichbold who is also here today

It was great to meet the WFA Wolverhampton Branch Chairman Alan Angell and other branch members at the @wolvesfc.bsky.social Museum, Army FA, WFA, @wlvuni.bsky.social and @footballandwar.bsky.social
event yesterday. A great success with a mix of informative presentations and a temporary exhibition

Original scam text on winter fuel has been followed by another scam text so watch out, forward to 7726 and delete without clicking on any links folks.

Good to see Ian Harvey (Maltloaf to colleagues as he likes heavy metal but is a veggie!) finally got round to publishing his horror novel after all those years at the Express & Star and Shropshire Star.
Must have a look at it on Amazon.co.uk/Saint-Sinner-Isn-Harvey/dp/B0F7XRD89G

Beautiful #UKCanals 😍

A volunteer on a building site, wearing high viz and hard hat. The text says Volunteers' Week.

What happens when you go from watching canal restoration to leading the change? This blog shares one volunteer’s journey with LHCRT - keeping active, connecting with like-minded people, and the joy of making a difference.

lhcrt.org.uk/2025/06/06/b...

#VolunteersWeek #Lichfield #WeDigCanals

Today’s Express & Star carries a nice piece about tomorrow’s Community musi event at Wolverhampton #Arts Centre) to support the Samaritans.

Keith Robinson told of Hate, Hope and Upheaval as 339 travelled from the Black Country to Brazil.
The Black Country Society tonight heard how mainly poor Irish in Wednesbury and others from elsewhere left in 1868.
Keith’s great, great grandfather survived to inspire the Bilston Town Hall talk.

An empty canal channel that leads under a road bridge. The sides of the canal are original and there is a big pipe in the bed of the channel. There is a new wall of concrete blocks being built across the canal.

An empty canal channel that leads under a road bridge. The sides of the canal are original and there is a big pipe in the bed of the channel. There is a new wall of concrete blocks being built across the canal.

The rain has hampered bricklaying this week at Gallows Wharf, but our volunteers are still progressing with the base slabs. They are digging out both sides of the big pipe and have two more slabs nearly ready for concreting.

#WeDigCanals #Lichfield

Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble The UK’s biggest folk band, The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, stage their legendary annual tour for the 27th time...

Our epic summer folk event, Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, with up to 50 performers, reached its ticket limit but we have found some more so it's back onsale - but it's selling really well so don't hang around #folkmusic #livemusic wolverhamptonartscentre.co.uk/events/joe-b...

YouTube video by Narrowboat Nige! Litchfield Canal Amazing May 2025 Progress @LHCRT

Check out the latest video from Narrowboat Nige, which gives an overview of what we've been up to in May.

#WeDigCanals #Lichfield

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IKON Slow Boat: Free Summer Art Workshops for Young People Have you ever made art on a canal boat? This summer, hop aboard the IKON Slow Boat for...

Early news of fun creative and free stuff for young people over the summer. Free art workshops on @ikongallery.bsky.social canal boat in #wolverhampton as part of City of Youth Culture #ppf programme - find out more this week wolverhamptonartscentre.co.uk/news/ikon-sl...

Karen Evans gave a detailed and informative talk on Unlocking The Secrets of DNA Testing and how it can be used in family history to The Museum of Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire at Penn Bowling Club tonight.
It can be a tool to debunk myths and reveal a few shocks from family history.

International Piano Star Jonathan Powell was home with a superb recital at St Michael & All Angels Church, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, on Saturday with Polish music recital as part of celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the church being rededicated after a fire devastated it in 1950.

Today’s Express & Star reports on Wolverhampton’s Central Youth Theatre being at the National Theatre Connections Festival celebrating its 30th anniversary.
One of 10 groups chosen from 250, they perform on the 26th June but need £1,500 to fund the production localgiving.org/fundraising/...

The Ballad of Brick Kiln Lane — Football Heritage

My favourite article for @footballheritage.bsky.social

The Ballad of Brick Kiln Lane

#MyBackPages

www.footballheritage.co.uk/the-ballad-o...

UK falling far behind in battle for venues and artists: "Music becomes a middle and upper class sport" Wolf Alice's Joff Oddie joined industry leaders at a government hearing into the state of UK grassroots music, the levy and a lack of progress

Really good article on the issues facing grassroots music venues and work done by @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social in the weekthat Sheffield Leadmill lost their appeal www.nme.com/news/music/u... #musiclive #grassrootsmusic