Gavin Drake addressing the crowd at Wembley© Dave Gittins Well, not quite! But I was slightly amused yesterday, when it dawned on me that in the space of seven days I was on [...]

This is what the announcer at Wembley Stadium Station sounds like… …From the 10th floor of the nearby Holiday Inn. I really do not think that he really needs to [...]

…and this was the scene from Salford Quays in Manchester – taken from the car park at the rear of the Ramada Hotel.   © Gavin [...]

Prime Minister David Cameron at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, on 5 March 2015 © 2015 Gavin Drake Late last night, the Prime Minister’s director of [...]

Jonathan Gledhill My old boss, Jonathan Gledhill, yesterday announced that he will retire from his post as the 98th bishop of Lichfield later this year after 40 years in [...]

Last night, local commercial television returned to the Midlands. Big Centre TV is the new local channel for Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull; and is available on [...]