Once upon a Time in BirminghamWho was the worlds first female programmer? Who made history as the first British woman to sail solo around the world non stop? Who is Birminghams first female Muslim MP? Meet Mary Lee Berners Lee, Lisa Clayton, Shabana Mahmood and many more in Once Upon a Time in Birmingham, a lively introduction to thirty of Birminghams most awe inspiring women, past and present. From pioneers in their field to everyday heroines, these are women who refused to be

from Egypt

Desperanto is the universal language of despair

which is widely anthologised in Ireland and England

An Absent look by Mercè Sarrias and Re-Call by Araceli Bruch with an academic introduction and the transcript of a round table on and about them

TRIBUTE: Bassem K

and every single word is meant intensely

Get up close to the beauty and detail of nature through the artwork of award-winning UK artist

Autumn shakes into winter

their influence on Karl Marx and

creativity has flourished

lunar moths and a not insignificant number of rabbits play out their lives under the strange grips of technology

Professor William Fishman describes London’s East End at a time of mass immigration from Eastern Europe to the shabby tenements of Stepney and Whitechapel