http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/ Karen Brady Birmingham City Managing Director and successful businesswoman provides her comment on latest news and Birmingham City FC news. en-gb http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/05/06/where-is-the-respect-for-the-elderly-97319-20867725/ Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/05/06/where-is-the-respect-for-the-elderly-97319-20867725/ IT IS quite possible that just around the corner from you an old person is being abused, or worse. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/29/a-hard-life-for-staff-not-inmates-97319-20835424/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/29/a-hard-life-for-staff-not-inmates-97319-20835424/ LIFE in some prisons is so cushy, inmates are ignoring chances to escape. Or so says a prison officers' leader. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/22/puppy-love-beats-good-intentions-97319-20799718/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/22/puppy-love-beats-good-intentions-97319-20799718/ BAD news for our King Charles Cavalier spaniel Buddy: he isn't going to be allowed to sleep on my daughter's bed any longer. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/15/tragic-victims-of-our-drug-culture-97319-20765528/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/15/tragic-victims-of-our-drug-culture-97319-20765528/ THE deaths of TV presenter Mark Speight and his fiancee Natasha Collins are a Romeo and Juliet tragedy for the 21st century. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/08/power-of-freedom-and-democracy-97319-20734271/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/08/power-of-freedom-and-democracy-97319-20734271/ IT IS fascinating to watch as Robert Mugabe wriggles and squirms in an attempt to escape the consequences of the result of the election in Zimbabwe. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/01/familiarity-breeds-a-hefty-penalty-97319-20701562/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/04/01/familiarity-breeds-a-hefty-penalty-97319-20701562/ WHAT one woman considers to be sexual harassment another might think of as flattery. We are not to be taken lightly or for granted, that's for sure. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/03/25/why-we-all-don-t-envy-heather-mills-97319-20671491/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:13:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/03/25/why-we-all-don-t-envy-heather-mills-97319-20671491/ SO WHO wouldn't envy a woman made £24 million richer from her divorce? http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/03/18/ooh-matron-one-yank-and-i-m-off-97319-20639248/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/03/18/ooh-matron-one-yank-and-i-m-off-97319-20639248/ THEY were straight out of the tradition of pantomime, musical hall, end-of-pier and saucy postcards, those Carry On films that filled the cinema with chuckles for more 20 years. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/03/11/kitten-kerry-katona-turns-out-to-be-a-tv-turkey-97319-20604315/ Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/03/11/kitten-kerry-katona-turns-out-to-be-a-tv-turkey-97319-20604315/ KERRY Katona's first role in life was nothing really, a terribly unfortunate young woman with an overwhelming desire to be something more. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/03/04/end-iniquity-of-hospital-parking-97319-20554471/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/03/04/end-iniquity-of-hospital-parking-97319-20554471/ CHARGES for parking at NHS hospitals are iniquitous and should be swept away. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/02/26/time-to-put-a-cap-on-booze-culture-97319-20524721/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/02/26/time-to-put-a-cap-on-booze-culture-97319-20524721/ NEW figures show that the 24-hour drinking laws are helping to shove the crime rate from late night to early morning. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/02/19/where-there-s-a-will-there-s-a-wayne-97319-20493582/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/02/19/where-there-s-a-will-there-s-a-wayne-97319-20493582/ IT ISN'T on the football field that Wayne Rooney is being tamed but rather, it appears to me, in the living room. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/02/12/rise-and-fall-of-a-man-who-s-too-nice-97319-20465125/ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/02/12/rise-and-fall-of-a-man-who-s-too-nice-97319-20465125/ ONLY rich men who know what they are doing or fools who don't lavish fortunes on football. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/02/05/all-that-talent-and-she-sings-as-well-97319-20436577/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/02/05/all-that-talent-and-she-sings-as-well-97319-20436577/ MADONNA is many things to many people but, for me, anyway, her greatest talent isn't in showbiz, it's in business. She's so good she even made conical bras commercial. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/01/29/and-the-rest-will-be-history-97319-20407058/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/01/29/and-the-rest-will-be-history-97319-20407058/ ACROSS the Atlantic, there's a contest ten times more interesting than the Superbowl and a lot more unlikely than Charlie Wilson's War. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/01/22/leslie-a-winner-but-we-lose-out-97319-20378377/ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/01/22/leslie-a-winner-but-we-lose-out-97319-20378377/ LESLIE Ash may feel she is entitled to the £5 million compensation awarded to her for the near-fatal effects of catching a superbug during treatment at a London hospital. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/01/15/dangers-of-too-much-information-97319-20351553/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/01/15/dangers-of-too-much-information-97319-20351553/ BIG Brother is watching you -that was the horror version of the state constantly monitoring its citizens, a system much favoured by Communist nations and now successfully updated for a TV series. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/01/08/first-lady-hopeful-is-last-to-hide-from-view-97319-20330674/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2008/01/08/first-lady-hopeful-is-last-to-hide-from-view-97319-20330674/ CRIKEY, ooo-la-la, whatever next. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2007/12/31/rare-chance-for-a-little-daydreaming-97319-20330675/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2007/12/31/rare-chance-for-a-little-daydreaming-97319-20330675/ DESERT Island Discs is perhaps the only programme you dream of appearing on and then dream when you're on it. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2007/12/11/it-s-time-we-had-an-english-market-97319-20330677/ Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2007/12/11/it-s-time-we-had-an-english-market-97319-20330677/ MONTHLY farmers' markets have been a big success in out-of-city centres like Moseley, Harborne and Kings Norton.