This city wouldn’t be what it is today without its legendary canal system. In many ways, Birmingham’s canals—consisting of more miles than Venice, don’t you know— fuelled the Industrial Revolution. But wh...
A new eight-week commuter trial train service connecting this ‘most perfect’ Georgian town and Birmingham launched in September. The Bewdley Express now operates on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to B...
Get away from the big, bustling noise of Birmingham this weekend with a quick, car-free trip to this charming cathedral city. Less than an hour away by train, Worcester boasts all you want and need for a...
Looking for the fright of your life this Halloween? The Midland’s most terrifying scream park is back this October—filled with heart-racing thrill rides, seven blood-curdling attractions, and lurking char...
Again and again, I hear, Birmingham doesn’t celebrate itself enough. But that’s starting to change. For the third year in a row, the major annual celebration of Birmingham (and all its worldwide namesakes...
Everyone knows Birmingham as the ‘City of a Thousand Trades’, but did you know that one of those trades was in coffin works? While jewellery, firearms and pen nibs were once the Second City’s most famous...
There’s real concern right now that Digbeth’s incredible nightlife scene could be destroyed. A proposed widening of the Bordesley Viaduct could mean many independent venues in the area—including The N...
Birmingham’s New Street is the busiest train station outside of London. And at the busiest time of year, during the festive period, it only gets busier. But the platforms will look oddly empty this Christ...
Birmingham’s biggest Diwali party is finally celebrating its 10th anniversary. Diwali Mela on Soho Road has been cancelled two years in a row now—first over a “funding freeze” in 2024, second due to safet...
Thinktank, Birmingham's science museum, officially opened to the public at Millennium Point on September 29, 2001. Succeeding the former Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry on Newhall Street, which...