Jon Bounds: True Grit
Jon Bounds in the Guardian 25th July 2009 . . .
"Arrive by train or car in Birmingham and you'll be pointed towards consumerism and the Bullring, away from the grit and the real excitement. Arrive by coach and, despite being deposited in the back streets of Digbeth, you'll be encouraged to run to the pimply bosom of Selfridges, at the top of Digbeth High Street, as quickly as possible. Don't. Stay. Digbeth has always been edgy . . .
