Birmingham Post

For What It's Worth ; in Market Awash with Million Pound Price Tags, Spare a Thought for the Midland Buyer Who's Still a Cottage Short of a Mansion.

43, York Street A guide price of pounds 745,000 is being quoted by Knight Frank for 43, York Street, Harborne in Birmingham, a totally restyled and renovated Victorian town house.

Deep and so Meaningful ; Alison Jones Discovers the Hardships Suffered by Kurt Russell in Poseidon Alison Jones

Actors have learnt by now that when director Wolfgang Petersen calls it is time to strap on the water wings. The Geman director is probably most famous for two ocean based dramas -the claustrophobically intense Das Boot, about a U boat crew's struggle for survival.

Post Reviews: Bond On the Run ; Homer's the Odyssey - From Ithica with Love Millennium Point

The New Generation Arts Festival is a new initiative designed to showcase Birmingham's importance as a centre for training creative talent of all kinds, which is a great idea. Whether it was such a good idea to launch it with an entertainment that seems distinctly undergraduate rather than graduate is another matter. Staged in the unalluring "Hub" of Millennium Point and premiered to a large champagne-sipping invited audience, From Ithica with Love seemed more like a corporate spectacle than ...

Post Reviews: Strauss Brothers Beat Mozart ; Cbso Symphony Hall

Though the evening's offerings were unified by a Viennese provenance, the juxtaposition of Mozart and Strauss brothers Johann and Josef sat awkwardly in Wednesday's CBSO programme. And it was the Strausses who seemed to prevail, the silkiness of sound appropriate to them pre-echoing disturbingly in Mozart's sinewy Jupiter Symphony.

Post Reviews: Thoroughly Punk and Disorderly ; Fall Out Boy Wolverhampton Civic Hall

There are some cases where, even if you're blissfully unaware of a particular band's nationality, you can tell exactly where they come from without too much guesswork. Consequently, it wouldn't take private detectives or Scotland Yard's finest to pinpoint that Fall Out Boy hail from America. It's hard to believe that they could come from anywhere else.

Culture: Triumph of Style Over Substance ; Dvd Reviews

Memoirs Of A Geisha Cert 12 Buena Vista Home Entertainment, DVD pounds 19.99 *** In the uncertain years before World War II, nine-year-old Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) is sold by her widowed father to a geisha house, where she toils night and day for the owner, Mother (Momoi).

Quiz of the Day

1. What is the common name for the condition known as nitrogen narcosis? 2. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Make a Date

In which year did all three of these significant historical events take place? 1. Sir Walter Raleigh is found guilty of treason but his death sentence is commuted to one of life imprisonment.

Archive

25 years ago Work started on a multi-million pound scheme to guarantee water supply to consumers in the Midlands. The Severn-Trent Water Authority project was designed to link supplies in the East and West Midlands allowing water to be switched to areas of need. It involved laying a 30-mile pipeline between Coventry and Leicester. The Birmingham Post, June 1981

Anniversaries

Theme

The Day of Pentecost, although a Jewish Feast, became the birthday of the Christian Church. Three thousand people joined the original 120 in just a day. This was only the beginning. A few days later, Peter and John were en route to a prayer meeting. As they passed the Temple gate, they were confronted by a lame beggar. Still filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter commanded the man: "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." (Acts 3:6) A surge of Christ's healing power shot through the man a...

They Said

Britain is divided neatly into those who think croquet refers to hoops and those who think it's more about potatoes. TV politics pundit Andrew Marr

Post People: Birmingham Press Club

Star columnist Richard Littlejohn was guest of honour at a Birmingham Press Club lunch recently. Richard, a former Evening Mail industrial correspondent during the days of trouble and strife at the old British Leyland, spoke about his career and also his approach to cutting Britain's politicians down to size in his popular weekly column. Richard is now a columnist for the Daily Mail.

Motoring: Do You to Be Part of the Audi Elite?

Audi has created an estate car that does for those who can. Unashamedly aimed at the upper echelon, the new Audi A6 allroad has exclusivity stamped in every panel.

Motoring: Experience the Beautiful Side of Italian Driving

I've just done something a bit special. I kid you not, I was like the proverbial coiled spring in the weeks leading up to the event. This is a motor show like no other. The Italians refer to it as the most beautiful race in the world.

Motoring: A Race Driven by G4 Spirit

Like its name, the G4 Challenge is half about numbers. The name of the event was initially intended to convey the message that it was a global race taking in four continents.

Stately Living Fit for a King

A hundred years ago, the Bass family of Burton were busy preparing for visitors. They expected quite a crowd and wanted to make them comfortable. So they commissioned architects, master builders and a host of craftsmen to get over to the family pile at Rangemore and build a brand new wing onto their 19th century mansion.

Hoggrills End and Its Timbers

Howkins & Harrison in Atherstone have dared to compare two of their new instructions - in the same village. They have suggested slightly different price tags - and even as agents, they are happy to highlight the differences. But they are also inspired to point out the selling points they share.

For the Upwardly Mobile

Height matters in an upward-thrusting city. Buyers want to climb further than their neighbours and look down on the low-rise masses. The final phase of The Mailbox, The Cube, will know its place in the Birmingham skyline, somewhat less prominent than the glory- grabbing, 40 storey Beetham Tower.

Buying Frenzy at Smiths Flour Mill

Eager buyers made an early start to queue up for a chance to bag new apartments in waterside Walsall. The target properties were the converted and new build apartments at Smiths Flour Mill in the regenerating Canal Zone, 122 homes under construction by developers GR8 Space Ltd.