Danny Smith — you know the guy, he writes eloquently grimy stuff about our city right here— was finding life hard, so he went across […]
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Birmingham: It’s Not Shit — Reason No. 9: The German Market, Yes, The German Market (Hear Me Out)
We all know that Birmingham isn’t shit. We’ve spent nearly 20 years telling people, showing the world, and often undermining our case. In our new book […]
Silence the trumpets and with muffled drum
We love to send Danny Smith into the heart of the action. The big heart , obviously. But this time he’s sent himself. Here are […]
Jobs Not Fair
We fancied getting a real insider’s view of the Commonwealth Games, so we suggested our Contributing Editor get in there. After failing to qualify for […]
Music promoters have hitherto only interpreted Birmingham in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
“Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” Danny went to speak to someone who thinks the new boss doesn’t have to be the […]
Hi, wire acts
There are eight million stories in the naked city. Danny Smith is always up for naked stories, so we sent him to the city. Turns out that […]
Danny Smith: The seven wonders of Birmingham Christmas
Christmas comes but once a year, apart from for Roy Wood, who must have a terrible time getting his bins collected. Like everyone else in […]
Birmingham: It’s Not Shit – The Book – Order Now
We all know that Birmingham isn’t shit. We’ve spent nearly 20 years telling people, showing the world, and often undermining our case. We lay out […]
101 Things Birmingham Gave the World. No. 99: Gynaecology
I can’t speak for other social strata or areas, but in a working class home in Birmingham if you ever start a sentence “I’m not […]
Danny Smith: Non-essential
Something something largest unsafe reopening of a Primark in Europe. We sent Danny Smith to die for capitalism. Her voice is mournful, an acapella lament […]
Deep Impact?
We last visited Digbeth’s Impact Hub as it launched a few years ago when hardly anyone knew what it was, and those that had a […]
Danny Smith: Danny does Digbeth
We normally use this intro to set up the article, to tell you why Danny is writing about what he’s writing about, but this time […]
Danny Smith: Shiny cappy people
At Paradise Circus we try our hardest to compete for web clicks, and we’ve noticed that glowing reviews of bars in the city centre must […]
Welcome to Freedonia
Mask on, gloves off. As covid restrictions drop, and we head into ‘normal’ (whatever that is), we wanted to see if normal was, normal. We […]
Danny Smith: Primark and prejudice
When we heard there was a big new shop opening in town, we called Danny and asked ‘Are you free?’ He was. We can’t remember […]
Danny Smith: Inn Dependance day
A pint without the boys in a pub full of not much noise because loudness increases the chances of shouting and more droplets of virus […]