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news that matters, campaigns that count

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The Peter Millington columns

NORTH V SOUTH 26-02-2010

2010 - REMEMBERING THE BRUMMIE HOME CHILDREN 16-01-2010

QUESTIONS FROM THE CHAOS 16-11-2009

GODIVA RIDES AGAIN 26-10-2009

GETTING ON FAMOUSLY 27-07-2009

SUPER OR BLOOPER? 01-07-2009

BRITAIN'S GOT IRONY 01-06-2009

QUADROPHENIA (B'ham Hippodrome) 22-05-2009

NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA (Symphony Hall) 01-09-2008

WILD AT THE SAFARI PARK 29-08-2008

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (Birmingham Hippodrome) 03-06-2008

WHITE GLOVES AND BULL WHIPS 29-05-2008

FOOTBALL? IT ALL AMOUNTS TO THE SAME THING 14-04-2008

BLACK COUNTRY GETS ROUGH PRESS 12-05-2008

HOBBIES & OTHER FALCONS ...NEAR MY HOUSE (Brian L Kington) 26-02-2008

WOLVO GETS ANIMATED 18-02-2008

GOOD LUCK LIVERPOOL - CAPITAL OF CULTURE 14-01-2008

ALADDIN (Birmingham Hippodrome, until Jan 27) 22-12-2007

WEARING A TWOTOO TO HELP THE HOMELESS 18-12-2007

IN DEFENCE OF SPAGHETTI JUNCTION 15-12-2007

LAZIER THAN YOW 01-12-2007

1983 AND ALL THAT 12-10-2007

TROOPS RALLY FANS AT VILLA PARK 08-10-2007

ARTSFEST: LEVITY II 17-09-2007

CUTTING THE CARBON ON MUCKLOW 'ILL 30-08-2007

BLACK COUNTRY BANK HOLIDAY 29-08-2007

SHANNONED OUT 25-08-2007

CARNIVAL COMES TO BRUM 06-08-2007

INTER HEAD OUTTA VILLA PARK06-08-2007

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS13-07-2007

LOWRY COMES TO THE STIRRER03-07-2007

ONE ROOT FOOTBALL 25-06-2007

ST BERNARD GOES TO HEAVEN 19-06-2007

BLUES FOR SALE - ON E BAY13-06-2007

FOOD FOR THOUGHT 09-06-2007

YOU'RE HIRED 08-06-2007

MEASURE FOR MEASURE 14-05-2007

GRAFFITI - ART?10-05-2007

World Exclusive - NEW VILLA BADGE UNVEILED 07-05-2007

SCOUTS' HONOUR 27-04-2007

PAY NOW, LOSE NOW! 24-04-2007

TOWN HALL TASTER 24-03-2007 - Just click here to view his snaps.

BLUE PETER'S RED FACE 17-03-2007

HAVING A PADDY 10-03-2007

The Great Post Office Black Hole 19-02-2007

It's a Punky Reggae Party - Part Two 03-02-2007

Manchester VS Brum 18-01-2007

BLUES DOUG IN THE RIBS 13-01-2007

NO ROOM AT THE INN? 10-01-2007

It's a Punky Reggae Party (Part One) 03-01-2007

MISSING YOU ALREADY 20-12-2006

So Here It Is Merry Christmas… 12-12-2006

AMIDLANDS ANTHEM? 30-11-2006

In The Event Of A Fire - Get The Hell Out! 14-11-2006

CANNABIS CAMPAIGN RUNS OUT OF PUFF 24-10-2006

BRING BACK KONG! 10-10-2006

HAD BY THE AD 07-10-2006

WORKERS NOT SHIRKERS 27-09-2006

And the winner is….Julie Andrews 21-09-2006

SHELTER FROM THE STORM 18-09-2006

COMMUNITY GIVING TAKEN FOR GRANTED 11-09-2006

SUM MISHTAKE... SURELY 04-09-2006

Cold call 16-08-2006

Striking Distance 12-08-2006

WEST MIDLANDS ALL TIME TOP 20 MUSIC CHARTS 11-08-2006

BIRMINGHAM FOR THE PEOPLE 07-08-2006

An Arc of Extremists…. and a Hypotenuse Triangle of War Mongers? 02-08-2006

CRYING FOWL OVER CHICKEN SOYA BOYCOTT 28-07-2006


A TASTE OF SPAGHETTI

Spaghetti Gazetti

Pete Millington is a one-man writing factory. Not content withregular output for The Stirrer, he's found time to pull together the latest edition of his excellent magazine Spaghetti Gazetti, dedicated to local life and culture.

Check it out here

It's seriously good.