Updated 4:06pm 25 May 2012

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Richard McComb

Richard McComb

Love's restaurant

Birmingham restaurant Love's set to stay put after considering move

THE owners of a top Birmingham restaurant have committed their future to the city, despite considering proposals for a new venture.Read

London 2012 Olympics

Opera in the Birmingham sky as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympics

A string quartet will perform in helicopters while buzzing the Birmingham skyline in one of the highlights of an Olympics arts festival.Read

Birmingham Olympic athlete Louise Hazel strips off for men's mag

STUNNING Olympic heptathlete Louise Hazel is on a winning streak – having stripped naked for a saucy photo shoot.Read

Come dine with me - at Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital

I HAVE attended food tastings in odd settings – including an Iron Age hut – but I’ve never sampled dishes in a hallway leading to intensive care.Read

Top Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell tells how his dog, Whoops, foiled burglary at his home

TOP chef Glynn Purnell has revealed how his plucky pooch Whoops sent burglars packing during a late-night raid on his home.Read

It's Aston Villa - but as you've never seen it before

IT’S Villa Park like you’ve never seen it before – transformed into a bucolic vineyard scene.Read

Tribute to 20 Birmingham Post and Mail workers who lost their lives in First World War

THEIR names, 20 in total, are recorded on a memorial in the newsroom of the Birmingham Mail.Read

Review: Glen Campbell, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

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THERE aren’t many performers who can command a standing ovation before they’ve sung a word but there aren’t many performers like Glen Campbell.Read

Review: Alison Krauss and Union Station, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

US bluegrass singer Alison Krauss and her band Union Station kicked off their UK tour in Birmingham with a magical blend of soaring vocals and peerless musicianship.Read

Music: Grilled cheese inspires Alison Krauss' new album

AT ONE point, American bluegrass and country star Alison Krauss must have wondered if she’d ever get her new album off the ground.Read

City centre workers urged to hone baking skills for St Basil's

WORKERS, friends and students are being encouraged to hone their baking skills and help raise cash for the homeless.Read

Spy chiefs launch drive for anti-terror 'spooks' in West Midlands

SPY chiefs combating international terror groups including Al Qaida are launching an unprecedented recruitment drive for “spooks” in the West Midlands.Read

New Birmingham food festival features promotions at 60 restaurants

A REVAMPED celebration of food in Birmingham will feature special menus and promotions by more than 60 restaurants – as well as opportunities for DIY foraging and “dining under the stars”.Read

Glynn Purnell closes Edgbaston restaurant The Asquith after dispute with landlord

Acclaimed chef Glynn Purnell has closed his new Edgbaston restaurant, The Asquith, and lost £40,000 following a bitter dispute with a debt-laden property developer.Read

Bromsgrove schoolgirl crowned best young chef in the country

SCHOOLGIRL Jessica Higgins has been crowned the best young chef in the country – after being talent-spotted by the Birmingham Mail.Read

Top Birmingham restaurant chef chases Great British Menu title

TOP Birmingham chef Aktar Islam is bidding for a unique TV double as he bids to be a winner in the BBC’s Great British Menu.Read

Glynn Purnell interview: That fantastic wibble wobble

AS A kid he used to grate it on baked beans to wow his brother and sister.Read

Birmingham beer festival punters welcome cuts

The “world’s biggest” real ale and cider festival began at the Figure of Eight pub in Broad Street just half an hour before George Osborne took to his feet in the Commons.Read

Taste of Birmingham is scrapped

FLAGSHIP city food event Taste of Birmingham has been scrapped.Read

Top chef Guneet Singh Bindra's Dubai mission

THE award-winning head chef at Asha’s Indian restaurant in Birmingham is jetting off to Dubai next month on a culinary fact-finding mission.Read

Author Profile

Richard McComb is a columnist, writer and restaurant critic for The Birmingham Post. Likes: Stevie Wonder (1963-1982 output); taking the long view; beaches; jumpers for goalposts. Dislikes: (Amongst others) enablement; spitting; the short straw; double maths.