Nu Century Arts is the brainchild and baby of Don Kinch, father of insanely talented local jazz…read moremusician Soweto and equally talented, though less well-known (currently...) actor/ writer Toyin Kinch. As befits such a multi-talented family, Nu Century Arts promotes, organises and creates a variety of art forms, primarily music and theatre. It's live music nights, the Live Box, are always popular, and a great place to see local, up-and-coming as well as established artists. Nu Century Arts also has a strong societal and educational ethos - its mission statement is to 'make a lasting difference' to the expectations and opportunities of African-Caribbean artists both at home and abroad. From what I can see, they seem to be producing and encouraging great artistic work from this community, so it seems like their mission is being accomplished.

King Edward VI Handsworth School is a girls School and because I play for Indian Sports Cricket…read moreClub, playing here is more or less our home ground. I am also aware there are other cricket clubs that use this ground. I have to say I have never been disappointed playing here and the sports facilities are pretty good. This place does hold some good cricketing memories for me and I do enjoy playing at this ground. The kitchen facilities that is situated near the sports ground at King Edward is pretty good. The room next to the kitchen is where my team and the opposition have our tea and it is of decent size. My friends who also play for Indian Sports say they enjoy playing their cricket here. The changing rooms are clean and so are the toilets. Showers can be hit and miss at times. Sometimes the water can be cold or sometimes it can be warm. Which is why I tend to have a shower at home. One annoying thing is the fact there are deep bushes on one side of the ground. So if a ball does get hit for six and goes in the direction of the bushes, you could be searching for that ball for quite some time.