The Flapper Appreciation Society has launched a new petition in a bit to make another attempt to save the 50-year-old canalside live music venue after it closed for possibly the last ever time.

Birmingham’s canalside live music venue The Flapper has announced it will cease trading in June. But the fight to save it from becoming an apartment block goes on, backed by a petition signed by more ...

Sloping roof beams, dark wooden furnishings and skull-pattern wallpaper feature alongside exposed brickwork: The Flapper's distinctive character is ingrained in its material peculiarities. Hidden from ...