Broad Oak Magazine

This is the music of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. It may not be to everyone’s liking but when I first heard it about 30 years ago it ‘gr...

 A marvellous video tells how China is reversing the progress of a desert that was heading towards Beijing. At first they planted great numb...

 The final ward to declare its result in last Thursday’s local elections in Birmingham was Glebe Farm and Tile Cross. At stake were two coun...

Even veteran journalists can get things hopelessly wrong: “In a democracy we get the politicians we deserve,” said the Daily Mail’s Andrew N...

 “Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader ...

  In this post JD argues that the threat of AI is overstated - but we wonder whether it may narrow the gap between the blue collar and the w...

 Birmingham used to be called the City of a Thousand Trades. It had a large skilled workforce and a diversified industrial base, with many s...