Barb Drummond historian

17/07/2025

14/07/2025

10/07/2025

Birmingham’s St Martin in the Bullring is on the site of an ancient church, possibly dating from 1290 or Saxon. The present church dates from 1875, by Alfred Chapman. It has spectacular interiors including its font and stained glass. Churchcrawling - church art, architecture and history

01/07/2025

For many centuries the various religious houses cared for the poor and vulnerable. But Henry VIII’s reforms destroyed this system leading to huge numbers of poor, forcing many to be homeless beggars who often turned to crime. Elizabeth established the system of ‘settlement’ whereby each parish collected funds for the poor which was used to support anyone in need who was born or apprenticed there, or a woman married a man who was....

For many centuries the various religious houses cared for the poor and vulnerable. But Henry VIII’s reforms destroyed this system leading to huge numbers of poor, forcing many to be homeless beggar…

30/06/2025

Birmingham’s Anglican Cathedral is the third smallest in the U.K., dedicated to St Phillip. It was built in 1715 as a parish church, graduating to Cathedral status in 1905 instead of building a new one.
It has 3 east windows by Edward Byrne-Jones and William Morris. They shoe The Nativity, The Ascension and The Crucifixion. Thr west window is also by them and depicts the Last Judgement.
The crucifix above the north altar is made of railway sleepers and Christ is a locally made copper covering.
The cross on the south altar is by John Paul Cooper in the late 19yh century Arts & Crafts style to commemorate the parish church transformation to cathedral.
In the churchyard is a memorial to the city’s pub bombings of 1974 which is commemorated with an annual service.

24/06/2025

Ashmolean Museum

24/06/2025

Ashmolean Museum

15/06/2025

Max Richter announces the largest ever performances of ‘SLEEP’ in London this September to mark his landmark project’s tenth anniversary.

28/05/2025

With Black rock lave net heritage fishery – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

13/05/2025

With MUBI UK & Ireland – I'm on a streak! I've been a top fan for 3 months in a row. 🎉

06/05/2025

With MUBI UK & Ireland – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉