Voting for Brummie of the Year has started and runs for the rest of month. The creative industries (for want of a better umbrella term) are pretty well represented this year, which is good to see. Here’s the nominations that made it through with commentary from BiNS:
Pete Ashton - blogging evangelist to the creative community.
Lisa Meyer & Jenny Moore of Capsule - bringing much needed gigs (and cake!) to Brum.
Carl Chinn - larger than life local historian.
Condori : Big Chief Busks With Recorder - on behalf of all our buskers and street entertainers.
Soweto Kinch - Mobo award winner and Town Hall associate artist.
Martin Mullaney - Camcorder Councillor, trying every which way to involve people in local politics.
Catherine O’Flynn - First time novelist who’s wowed the literary world this year.
Richard Pawley - Wants to build a 600 foot tower - and jump off it.
John Tighe of The Spotted Dog - Keeping Digbeth noisy, or so we hope.
(What has the world come to when a fucking blogger is in the running? Sigh…)
