Industrial action may affect your Birmingham travel plans this Thursday, November 12. Train Managers, who are part of the RMT union, will take part in a 24-hour strike for a staffing dispute on Chiltern...
Not sure what things to do in Birmingham this weekend? Well, whatever the weather's like, however your mood is, we’ll always have you covered here at Secret Birmingham. Be it the best restaurants an...
Where do goths buy their Christmas presents in Birmingham? No, it’s not a bad Christmas cracker joke, but a genuine question that I have the answer to. The Goth’s Playground is swapping out brightly lit,...
Today, Ikon Gallery is one of Birmingham’s most iconic buildings. Housed in the gorgeous Grade II-listed, neo-Gothic former Oozells Street Board School. But that wasn’t the original intention for the gall...
Hey… Jobe? Jude must be feeling so proud of his little brother right now—and so are we too—because Jobe Bellingham has been called up to the England squad to face Croatia in the Nations League next Thursd...
Not every train station comes with its own pub, but I like to keep a note of those that do—and it looks like I might be planning a family day out to Codsall some day soon. Staffordshire’s Codsall Station...
Next time you walk down a street in Birmingham and see a billboard that makes you question, ‘Is that real?’ You’ve probably just been Foka Wolf’d. Combining satire, vandalism and advertising, this street...
‘Hard Eight’, ‘Casino’, ‘Ocean’s Eleven’: Movies just make gambling look so cool. Then you try to become a high roller yourself and lose all your money—bad times. But soon in Birmingham, you can head to a...
Times are tough; money is tight. I expect moths to fly out of my wallet each time I open it, and I know I’m not the only one feeling the pinch. The cost-of-living crisis is affecting us all, but we all d...
Both Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market and Christmas in Cathedral Square Craft Market return today (running from Thursday, November 5 to Thursday, December 24, 2026). With hundreds of thousands of v...