In less than four years, The Heath Bookshop has transformed Birmingham’s passion for the written word. Having only opened its doors in September 2022, the King’s Heath store launched its own music and literature festiva...
As much-anticipated restaurants go in Birmingham, Blacklock has jumped to the top of my list. Not only for bringing its signature take on the Great British chophouse to the Midlands for the first time, but for what’s al...
Time to come clean: I’m stuck in a Birmingham ‘hidden gem’ imbroglio, where in the age of the internet, very few things feel like a secret anymore. A quick ask of AI and it suggests the Birmingham Back to Backs, Bacchu...
Years following the final season of ‘Peaky Blinders’, Academy Award–winner Cillian Murphy dusts off his hat and returns as the legendary Tommy Shelby. With just over a month until the movie, ‘The Immortal Man’, streams...
Birmingham is always excited to boast about its history—from Bournville to and the —but the city shouldn’t live in the past. The Second City isn’t just canals, factories and Mr Egg. This is a modern-day city, one of th...
The Old Crown has revealed that there will be no St Patrick’s Parade in 2026, as Digbeth’s oldest pub announces two weeks of Irish-led events in place of the annual Birmingham-Irish cultural celebration. This is another...
The Taj Mahal is one of the world’s most breathtaking structures. A masterpiece of Indo-Islamic architecture. A symbol of all-consuming love (built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1631 to house the tomb of his wife)...
The brutalist movement often gets a bad wrap as some sort of architectural terrorism. It’s been called all sorts, from an ‘eyesore’ to a ‘monstrosity’ and a lot of worse words than that. But there’s beauty in this post-...
Couch has been a cornerstone of Stirchley’s cool credentials since it opened its doors in 2019. Having helped the area flourish into one of Birmingham’s most exciting neighbourhoods, this trendy yet friendly bar is now...
It’s finally happening. To the glee of the rest of the world, Great Britain is sinking into the ocean like some sort of beans-on-toast-fuelled Atlantis. Or that’s what you’d be forgiven for thinking, seeing as the stree...