Home / What's On / Birmingham / Witnessing Imperial RetreatWitnessing Imperial RetreatThe Birmingham & Midland Institute, BirminghamDateMonday 8 February 2027Starts1pmEnds2pmTypeOtherWhere9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BSLast checked23 September 2026The greatest change Britain has faced since the Second World War has been the loss of an overseas Empire. Increasingly few Britons now remember the Empire, often through the tales their fathers told of fighting overseas in North Africa, in Burma and in India, or through Empire…At Birmingham & Midland InstituteArts centre — 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS.Birmingham & Midland Institute on FolkAirMore at Birmingham & Midland InstituteStudy Day - Mike Leigh, Abigail’s Party (1977) & Willy Russell, Educating Rita (1980) — 2 October 2026The Alliance of Literary Societies Fair — 3 October 2026Dr John Hall-Edwards, Birmingham’s Pioneering radiologist — 5 October 2026Around Birmingham & Midland InstituteGas Hall — Art gallery, 50mBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery — Museum, 70mBirmingham Museums Venue Hire — Museum, 80mListing from the original source. FolkAir links out rather than selling tickets for this event.