The UK has never hosted the European Athletics Championships before—the only major global outdoor track and field championships left to be held here. But that all changes this summer, with Alexander Stadium in Birmingh...
When diving in on a hunt, the peregrine falcon can reach speeds of over 240mph—making it the fastest animal on the planet—but this nesting pair at the top of the University of Birmingham’s Joseph Chamberlin Memori...
For decades, British students benefited from the Erasmus programme that offered incredible opportunities to study, train, or work abroad across Europe. Just one of many casualties of Brexit, the UK hasn’t taken part in...
Known for blooming from mid-April to early May, no other flower captures the English imagination quite like bluebells—inspiring everyone from Emily Brontë to Liz Berry, Oscar Wilde to George Orwell. With almost half the...
What goes on behind closed doors in Birmingham? Well, you may be about to find out. Brummies are being invited to explore some of the city’s most intriguing ‘hidden’ spaces this May. A new programme of behind-the-scenes...
Earlier this year, Passing Fancies was named the 16th best cocktail bar in the UK. There was just one small problem. Having spent the years carving out a space that offers “approachable luxury” yet with &ldq...
You won’t believe me, but these idyllic Italian-style gardens were once home to an amusement park and motor rally races. Going back to the 1800s, Trentham Estate boasted the most beautiful grounds, but by the 20th centu...
It wasn’t James Cameron who turned ‘the unsinkable ship’ into a pop culture phenomenon; the Titanic has captured the public imagination for over a century. After the ship’s maiden voyage ended in tragedy in 1912—more th...
Taking over the Second City during the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (May 23 & 24), Birmingham Pride is back bigger, better and badder than ever before with a two-day celebration of all things LGBTQ+. We’re expecting...
The lengths we will go to for love never cease to amaze. When Colonel Harry Clive set about building his 12-acre, hillside garden in Staffordshire, it wasn’t for any reason other than to provide his wife Dorothy, who ha...
