Blogs in April 2020

Dennis Bisskit and the Man from Paris with the Very Large Head 17th April 2020

Set in Dudley and Birminghay in 1969, Dennis Bisskit and best friend, Stinky Blackshaw, have recently left the army and begun a new career as Dudley’s finest (and only) private investigators. Full of the laughter and hilarious situations that...

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The Dennis Bisskit Adventures 17th April 2020

The hilarious, fictional adventures of young, Dennis Bisskit. Growing up in Dudley in the 1950s and 60s. Schooldays , his first jobs at a department story and hotel, and finally as a young adult in the army. Fun of...

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Who Am I Again? 10th September 2019

In 1975, a gangly black 16-year-old from Dudley, decked out in floppy bow tie and Frank Spencer beret, appeared on our TV screens for the first time. So began the transformation from apprentice factory worker to future national treasure...

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Gamble 19th June 2018

Greg Gamble: he’s a teacher, he works hard, he’s a husband, a father. He’s a good man, or tries to be. But even a good man can face a crisis. Even a good man can face temptation. Even a...

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Ghost Town 15th June 2017

1981. Coventry, city of Two Tone and Ska, is riven with battles between skinheads and young Asians. Photographer Baz – ‘too Paki to be white, too gora to be desi’ – is capturing the conflict on film. Unemployed graduate...

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