Guardian readers reflect on rail development plans for Digbeth, and on 200 years of musical history – from Duran Duran to the club scene
Regarding your article on the threat to nightlife in Digbeth from proposals by the Midlands Rail Hub Alliance (‘It brings soul into this sterile world’: the Birmingham clubbers fighting to save their patch – and Britain’s nightlife, 3 November), as someone who spends a lot of time in this district of Birmingham, I think it’s also worth recognising that it is getting major investment, turning it into an area you want to visit and even live in.
There are new TV and film studios, street refurbishments, residential flats, a new tram route and better bus services. Access to the area is increasing. The new tram route – wholesale street redesigns, but mothballed until connecting tracks can be laid across HS2’s Curzon Street site – has been particularly painful during construction and has spurred mistrust from businesses.