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A visit at the Pen Museum
The Birmingham Pen Museum is unique in the world and celebrates the role the Jewellery Quarter had to play in pen manufacturing. After...
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The Sounds of the Jewellery Quarter
As I was walking around the Jewellery Quarter on this cloudy and chilly Sunday afternoon, I decided to take my phone out and simply...
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Surface Design Show 2018
Throughout my three years at the University of Northampton, we have been to a number of different design events, including the Surface...
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Visiting Argent College
Just opposite 30-34 Vittoria Street we discovered Argent College, a school that specialises in offering high quality education to...
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A first glimpse of Birmingham
I have never properly visited Birmingham before finding out that our focus in our third year at university will be the Jewellery Quarter....