To call Birmingham a multicultural city is somewhat of an understatement. On Wednesday 27th November we were transported by tour coach and left at a meeting point near the Bullring to be picked up four hours later. This is the season of Christmas markets but I found the large commercial stands selling mostly German drinks and food too boring to photograph and instead it is pleasant to just walk around on this beautiful sunny cloudless day and photograph whatever comes along.

Below are examples from the recently partly re-opened Museum and Art Gallery.

are these Indians self conscious or what?

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a god point for everyone

lots of symbolism here – not sure what to make of it

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an imaginative portrayal

really fun, a popular attraction and painstakingly done

detail of the notables in the group. A huge effort must have gone into the superimposition of the faces.

Images from around the city

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Am I missing something here. Is this a family group. Why are the males airbrushed out?

Brilliant New Street station design. It produces an optical illusion par excellence.

Who minds the odd spelling mistake? Maybe the owners were Dutch

I must struggle to see the evidence of the LGBQ etc influence

This was Wetherspoons in New Street Station my goodness was it packed to the gunnels so I couldn’t even get in to have a drink

In your face and in depth portraiture with high quality work

Don’t forget to visit the famous Bull in New Street station. Every moves his head around and flashes its eyes menacingly

There are so many specialist markets encompassing so many nationalities you could spend a whole day just going around them

Please search this diary for other references to Birmingham and it will probably answer your question if it is worth visiting. I would pick your weather and don’t go on a rainy day. Most of the main entertainments and features are within walking distance so you don’t need to worry about buses.

New Street Station really is the center of everything along with course with the enormous Bull Ring Shopping Centre. From what I could see the nationalities get on pretty well with each other and have integrated well. What I have not seen is the somewhat less social behavior in some of the suburbs but that is not the topic of this diary entry.