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Ahead of his tour, Sir Ranulph Fiennes talks about the upcoming tour and the challenges he faced.

New York-based trombonist Jacob Garchik brings his heaven sent new project to Birmingham. Dave Freak finds out more …

#THSHLookingBack concludes with a timeline telling the complete story of women's suffrage campaigning in Birmingham and how it ties into the national story

#THSHLookingBack looks at Women's Day and Women's Victory celebrations in Town Hall in 1946, and the reasons why we celebrate IWD on 8 March

#THSHLookingBack looks at the election of 1918, the first general election after women were able to vote and stand for election

#THSHLookingBack brings you an encyclopedia of the suffragists and suffragettes whose lives touched on Town Hall's history.

#THSHLookingBack looks at the high-tech advertising for a Town Hall address given by Emmeline Pankhurst, only a few of days before the infamous 'Black Friday' of 1910.

#THSHLookingBack explores 1909, which saw two huge suffragette meetings at Town Hall, and the first forcible feeding of a suffragette prisoner.

Cultural Intern Philippa Walusimbi talks about the second half of her internship with Town Hall Symphony Hall.