um mag em ▁boys . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 1 st ▁centuries , ▁British ▁usage ▁had ▁shift ed ▁toward ▁a ▁purely ▁ge ographical ▁and ▁even ▁positive ▁sense . ▁The ▁H ous ing ▁Design ▁Awards ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁said ▁of ▁one ▁B irmingham ▁project , ▁City ▁He ights , ▁" this ▁g uts y ▁Br um mag em ▁bru iser ▁of ▁a ▁building ▁handles ▁its ▁land mark ▁status ▁with ▁ease ▁and ▁ass urance ". ▁In ▁The ▁Guardian ▁" Not es ▁from ▁the ▁touch line " ▁sport ▁report , ▁ 2 1 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁journalist ▁Frank ▁Ke ating ▁used ▁the ▁head line ▁" World ▁Cup ▁sh ines ▁with ▁d ink um ▁Br um mag em " ▁to ▁pra ise ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁B irmingham - born ▁Australian ▁cr ick eter ▁Andrew ▁Sym onds . ▁ ▁A ▁particular ▁activ ist ▁in ▁rec laim ing ▁the ▁term ▁as ▁a ▁traditional ▁name ▁reflect ing ▁positive ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁her itage ▁is ▁historian ▁Carl ▁Ch inn ▁MB E , ▁Professor ▁of ▁Community ▁History ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁B irmingham , ▁who ▁produces ▁Br um mag em ▁Magazine . ▁ ▁The ▁British ▁poet ▁Roy ▁Fish er ▁( b . ▁ 1 9 3 0 ) ▁uses ▁the ▁term ▁in ▁his ▁poetry ▁sequence , ▁" S ix ▁Text s ▁For ▁a ▁Film ", ▁in ▁B irmingham ▁River ▁( O x ford : ▁Oxford ▁University ▁Press , ▁ 1 9 9 4 ). ▁"