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A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in place of the Sun, by Joseph Wright of Derby. The Midlands Enlightenment, also known as the West Midlands Enlightenment [1] or the Birmingham Enlightenment, [2] was a scientific, economic, political, cultural and legal manifestation of the Age of Enlightenment that developed in Birmingham and the wider English Midlands ...
According to the PhD thesis of Steve Thorne at the University of Birmingham's Department of English, [18] Birmingham English is "a dialectal hybrid of northern, southern, Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire speech" also containing elements from the languages and dialects of its Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities.
The neighbouring city of Birmingham may be called "Brum-a-jum" (Birmingham's colloquial name is Brummagem, a corruption of its older name of Bromwicham [10] [citation needed] and hence West Bromwich) or Birminam (missing the "g" and "h" out and saying it the way it is spelt). Natives of Birmingham (Brummies) meanwhile often refer to their Black ...
The West Midlands in the Early Middle Ages (Leicester UP, 1992). Hilton, R. H. A Medieval Society: The West Midlands at the End of the Thirteenth Century (1987) online review; Jones, Peter M. Industrial Enlightenment: Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760–1820 (2017) online. Money, John.
The name literally means "Beorma's people" in Old English, [2] and Beorma is likely to have been either the leader of the group during its settlement in Britain or a real or legendary tribal ancestor. The name of the tribe is recorded in the place name Birmingham, which means "home of the Beormingas". [3]
From 1956 to 1969, Aston Cross was the Midlands base of Associated Television (ATV) which had its Alpha Studios on Aston Road North. The ATV office building later became the studios of radio stations BRMB and Xtra-AM. Although both stations moved to Birmingham's Broad Street in the early 1990s, the building is still called Radio House.
Birmingham is also the hub for various national ethnic media, and the base for two regional Metro editions (East and West Midlands). The BBC has two facilities in the city. The Mailbox, in the city centre, is the national headquarters of BBC English Regions [46] and the headquarters of BBC West Midlands and the BBC Birmingham network production ...
Midland History is a peer-reviewed academic journal of the history of the Midlands region of England. It was established in 1971 [ 1 ] and is published by Taylor & Francis for the University of Birmingham .