Britain's 'dullest man' selling merchandise dedicated to the Birmingham bin strikes

Kevin Beresford has devoted 12 months entirely to the industrial action blighting his home city for his calendar called "Rats The Size Of Cats".

The 73-year-old businessman spent several days hunting down and photographing Brum's worst hotspots for uncollected rubbish in order to chronicle the ongoing strikes.

The calendar costs £12.99 and is being sold alongside other bizarre merchandise such as "I've survived Birmingham's non bin collection" themed mugs and jigsaws.

Kevin decided to cash in on the strikes as "a protest" after being left embarrassed by the mountains of rotting trash piled up along the streets.

He previously found unlikely fame as the self-proclaimed 'dullest man in Britain' flogging calendars on mundane subjects like roundabouts, allotments and car parks.

But he reckons his latest creation could be his most boring offering to date.Kevin, of Redditch, said: “You can’t get more mundane than rubbish. But when you think about it, artists have always focused on the mundane. 

"It’s just a pile of rubbish on every month really. There’s something strangely photogenic about bin liners in the street, I believe.  

“I’m Birmingham born and bred, I was born in Small Heath. For me this strike is embarrassing. 

"It’s bad for the city and it’s gone on for too long. They need to sort this and settle it. Looking at the story, it’s gone world-wide. It’s a global embarrassment for Birmingham. So this is my form of protest.

“I don't know who is going to buy them? Who the hell buys pictures of rubbish? Maybe the strikers themselves might like one or people from the council might buy it for each other as a perfect windup gift.

"We've also got mugs on offer and I’m also doing a 60 piece jigsaw. It might lend itself to a t-shirt in the future.

"I've done rubbish tips of England, but this year rubbish is more topical as the rubbish tips are on the street." 

Dad-of-four Kevin, a retired painter, sold 52,000 of his dull calendars last year and says he can knock one together in around a week. And he says his 'Britain's Dullest Man' moniker is like a 'badge of honour' to him.

He added: “I’m labelled the dullest man in Britain, this is more controversial than dull, but still very much mundane."I don’t mind being the dullest man, it’s a badge of honour for me.

“In the old days we had kittens, dogs and beautiful seascapes on calendars. But now it’s this sort of stuff. They are unique my calendars. We’re all bored of the six-pack firemen." 

Customers will have to fork out £8.99 for mugs while the wooden jigsaws will be available from £17.50.

They can be ordered from: https://dullkev.com