When imagining Middle Earth – the fantasy world of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings – many probably think of snow-capped mountains, rolling countryside, and dense forests. Few think of Birmingham. But the cit...
Two years after British Sign Language (BSL) became an official language in England and Wales, the preferred language among the deaf community in the UK will soon be taught as a GCSE. The subject content was finalised la...
Whether shopping in Selfridges or cycling around Stirchley, you shouldn’t ever have to travel far to find brilliant bakeries in Birmingham. But you’ll feel like you’ve flown to Scandinavia if you decide to visit Silver...
If your kids would rather spend all day playing with LEGO than outside. If you come home to find the kitchen transformed into a cathedral made out of bricks. Then have we got the competition for you and your little ones...
How many times have you misplaced your passport on the way to the airport? You check your pockets, your suitcase, and your partner’s bags, only to find it in the first place you looked, your pocket. How’d it get there?...
A lot had been going on at 670 Grams lately. First, an informal Sunday lunch menu was introduced at the ultra-hip fine dining restaurant in Digbeth. Then, head chef Kray Treadwell decided to do away with the tasting men...
To some, London is the greatest city on Earth, but we’ve always known that title should belong to Birmingham. Thanks to rising house prices and thousands of Londoners looking for a fresh start, it sounds like news of Br...
Qavali is undoubtedly one of the more interesting restaurants in Birmingham. Travelling the breadth of the Ottoman Empire, the Indo-Persian restaurant serves culinary specialities from across Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan,...
It’s been a wild ride for Birmingham City fans in the Championship this season. After the seven-time Super Bowl champion, Tom Brady, bought into Birmingham City FC back in August, the Blues found themselves sitting sixt...
No city is complete without a museum or an art gallery. While Birmingham has plenty to be proud of, it has felt a little incomplete without the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – where are all the tourists mean...