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This coming Monday 13th July, will see a world record attempt at the NIA in Birmingham.
Our very own Zachary Esposito will be taking in part in what is hoped to be the new Guiness World record of numbers of drummers all playing at the same time.

Yesterday saw the launch of our new translation service for Black Country and Birmingham (Brummagem) dialects.
So now all your friends who may not know what you are saying or want to speak proper like we do, send them along to our translators here:
Black Country Translator
Brummagem Translator
We have some great features that allows you to email [...]

Well, it’s been a long time coming - nearly 3-1/2 years in fact, but Welcome to Suburbia has now been released and is available to download from iTunes, Play.com etc. After starting the project around the end of 2005, Welcome to Suburbia has been released on Force 8 Records and features the songs of Bukechi, with guest artists [...]

As you know, here at Bostin Group we love Birmingham and The Black Country.
There is always a lot going on in Birmingham and this week is no exception with A Taste of Birmingham coming this week.
Wonder if Escala, who are one of the guests at this years festival will be wearing one of our Brummie [...]

 
As you’ve been reading these posts you will have observed me talk about flags for each of the Black Country towns and you have also seen my progress with a Black Country tartan. This surely leads (or at least it does in my mind!) to thinking that if it’s a good idea to have flags [...]

 
Last week we looked at the tradition of county flags and this week we’ll look at the flawed belief that the St George/Union Flags are enough to represent the counties and towns of those areas.
Can you imagine the outcry if the European Union or the United Nations decreed that every member territory should fly only [...]

 
Former England, Crystal Palace and Wolves player, Geoff Thomas, is leading a team of runners in October’s EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon, raising money for leukaemia treatment.

 
Over several entries I’ve explained what is right about wanting a ‘county flag’ – i.e. the civic pride and the marketing factors that such a device so powerfully facilitates. However it is just as important to explain why it isn’t ‘wrong’ to have a county flag.

15.06 Wolves 55 - 39 Eastbourne 
Wolves battled to the end in this thriller of a match. Sqora scored paid 9.
Although the Parrys International Wolves didn’t get off to the best of starts (4 points down after 2 races) Adam Skornicki and Tai Woffinden secured maximum points in heat 3 to bring the scores level, in [...]

 
We seem to be creating a bit of  a cult following in New Zealand. Here is a picture of Claire with Wellington Harbour in the background.