Positively Birmingham Walking Tours

27/11/2024

We are going to tell the story of our Great Western Arcade Pop-Up bookshop in December on our new BlueSky account. You can see the first installment, which looks at planning the shop window here: https://bsky.app/profile/positivelybrum.bsky.social/post/3lbwif3yic22c
Why not get away from Elon Musk's increasingly problematic X/Twitter and come and join us on BlueSky?

25/11/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3U80DwP7Ys
Jonathan Berg is outside the newly painted Digbeth.loc studios in Digbeth and tells us about his Author's Pop-Up shop which is occurring in Great Western Arcade in Birmingham in December

Jonathan Berg, author of Birmingham's Public Art tells us about his Pop-Up shop. He is seen in Montegue Street beside the Digbeth.loc film studios, which has...

24/11/2024

Yes, we are going into retail again! Come and see us at the The Great Western Arcade, 4th-18th December.

23/11/2024

Barbara's No . 14 with profits to Sifa Fireside continues with baked cod with sun dried tomato tapenade. Followed by lemon meringue cake.

23/11/2024

Barbara's No. 14 Pop-Up runs again tonight. Funds raised go to SIFA Fireside who help our city with their work among the homeless.

23/11/2024

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birminghams-Public-Art-Jonathan-Berg/dp/1739645715/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UHMCVJY522U3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3WKlN7YCFl5ZkFxgPPlWlOl5Ie6P4MxrQsQzUBTt3ERH6lpFHsXmZsR5kKItmIG9rPnKHdwah5epcm-DXEyFXtvDyCTd3Xb3NU02uTPg6Iv_Mm-lX4jNv0dUwSgQguq8eMksuakJOdwxSvc0GBUJQ1LfRmaZh8hYHk6Fi_oMEBiDwbCzdo5ncEHauUeFYirz7VQ43WOn5h9FW9X79wGu2WlD4YlMsOS_p6-zhhQLXFc.BdTAfoYBhPYkKKOyilAlfYwEbIxG_2NeCMi7gOb0S4o&dib_tag=se&keywords=birmingham+public+art&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1732022866&sprefix=birminghams+public+art%2Caps%2C91&sr=8-1
Great discount on Birmingham's Public Art on Amazon at present.

A study of the public art that you can see today in Birmingham. Over 300 colour photos along with a detailed text describing the way that the Birmingham has accumulated the largest collection of public art of any UK regional city.

23/11/2024

It is not easy being a local publisher in today's retail market. High street bookshops are all under pressure and often buyers are based or advised by London consultants. Our books are hardly in Birmingham bookshops - so we have decided to open our own bookshop for Christmas!
We have taken a lease on a great space in the atmospheric Great Western Arcade in the city centre. We will post how we do here and on our new BlueSky account (trying to pack in the X/Twitter!!).

22/11/2024

JFK died on this day in 1963 - I remember exactly where I was when the news came up on the Home Service - Radio 4 of today! On the floor playing while my Mum made the Christmas cake! We have an amazing mosaic by Oliver Budd in Digbeth in tribute to JFK. It dates from 2013 - being a replica of the one Oliver's Dad Kenneth originally produced. It is again badly vandalised - both with Graffiti and also metalwork bent and needs some TLC before it is lost forever. At present this is a very negative piece of public art in our city and an embarrassment to show to visitors. It used to be regularly cleaned but this appears to have stopped

The original Kenneth Budd JFK was lost when the subway near St Chad's Cathedral was redeveloped. This 2013 version was by his son Oliver Budd. It has suffere...

21/11/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egfBgSF_KDY Just love this piece of graffiti in Digbeth. By the way you can buy Birmingham's Public Art in Amazon usually at a good discount, anywhere in the world! Go grab on and make someone's Christmas day!

Jonathan Berg, author of Birmingham's Public Art looks at Suke's piece under the arches in Digbeth. Jonathan also points to his upcoming PopUp Author's Books...

21/11/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaq6jtz0nlQ

20/11/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zICnmH5sVc If your are in Birmingham in December to come and see me in the Author's PopUp in Great Western Arcade. By the Christmas tree and opposite the pub - living the dream!

From 4th - 18th December 2024 Jonathan Berg will be running an 'Authors PopUp Shop' at No. 10 Great Western Arcade - right beside the Christmas Tree.The shop...

13/11/2024

We have a range of Acme Thunderer No. 58 whistles at our Birmingham shop here: https://www.positivelybirmingham.co.uk/birminghamshop.html . Great Christmas stocking filler and a historic Birmingham manufactured product from just £12 delivered.

06/11/2024

Our new 2025 Positively Birmingham Walking Tour brochure is now out. You can download it here:https://positivelybirmingham.co.uk/download/Positively%20Birmingham%20Walking%20Tour%202025%20LoRes.pdf

28/10/2024

https://positively-birmingham-shop.myshopify.com/collections/positively-birmingham-walking-tours We have some great tours in November. Walking this city can be great fun in the quieter winter months. Do book on with your family and friends and come and have some fun.

You receive tickets by email. NEVER just turn up for our tours. All tours require a booked ticket. Back to main website: www.positivelybirmingham.co.uk

18/09/2024

We are increasing awareness of our access initiatives for Positively Birmingham Walking Tours. In particular our Saturday afternoon tour is fully accessible for wheelchairs. For those with impaired hearing (1 in 6 of us) our audio system means you can 'hear every word'. See more on the www.positivelybirmingham.co.uk website.

08/09/2024

Today's Birmingham Heritage Week tours were fun.

07/09/2024

Ciep.uk delegates on a walk of Digbeth looking at the huge range of public art and street art expression.

05/09/2024

We start Birmingham Heritage Week with our public art tour of the city guided by the book's author, Jonathan Berg. Tickets still available here: https://positively-birmingham-shop.myshopify.com/collections/positively-birmingham-walking-tours