Grab a pint and settle in — it's another week of everything King's Heath. Chris and Chris are back with the local lowdown, and this one's a packed episode.

On the community front: the bowls green season kicks off in March, a new Kings Heath and Moseley Photographic Society is forming, and there's a mystery brewing at the old pound shop opposite Asda — it's being transformed into "H-Mall," a 30-unit independent trading space with food, beauty and a kids' play area. There's also a call-out from the University of Birmingham for abandoned blackbird nests (yes, really) to help with a local research study.

Looking ahead: the Newt Gallery's Richard Batty photography exhibition runs through 4th October, King's Heath Community Kitchen offers free drop-in support every Wednesday, and there's a new weekly Writers Group at the Kitchen Garden Cafe. Friday brings an Oxfam clothes-swap night with a screening of The Devil Wears Prada, plus a free gig from Kings of Spain at All Saints Cafe Bar. And Saturday is a big one — King's Heath Comic Con returns to All Saints with big-name guests, the 501st Legion Stormtroopers, a retro gaming caravan, and a charity art auction in aid of the King's Heath Food Bank, alongside the King's Heath Art Market and a live Switch Radio recording at the Heath Bookshop.

Then stick around for our feature interview: JP from Schooners joins us to talk running a five-year-old community craft beer bar on York Road, their "world's smallest beer festival," the new Schooners Staycation Club brewery trips, and what's coming this winter — including Friday night live music and karaoke.

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