The University of Birmingham has had its fair share of unusual student societies—including The Cheese Society and the Bad Film Society—but none of them has taken off in popularity like this one: UoB’s Mea...
You can catch the UK’s first and only professional wheelchair dance company in Birmingham next month. Based in the West Midlands, Propel Dance will put wheelchair users centre stage when it performs at Mi...
Living in a small town isn’t easy. What with the lack of public transport and all that. The train line connecting Kidderminster and Bewdley opened in 1878, but didn’t last long, and closed to regular passe...
Birmingham’s heavy metal beginnings are well documented—as recently proven by the recent passing of Ozzy Osbourne—but did you know that the Second City is also where another, much heavier and more brutal,...
Silver Tree Bakery is undoubtedly one of Birmingham’s best ‘hidden gems’. To get there, you have to trek out to the edge of Sutton Coldfield near Water Orton. Where you will find a charming Scandinavian-s...
On Saturday, July 5, 2025, just 17 days before Ozzy Osbourne’s passing, Black Sabbath performed “the greatest heavy metal show ever.” The godfathers of heavy metal took to the stage at Villa Park—just a st...
Are you thinking about Christmas yet? Then make sure you’ve just got Winter Funland down in your diary this winter. The UK’s largest indoor Christmas funfair will return to Birmingham NEC from December 5 t...
Gas Street Basin has sat at the very heart of Birmingham’s iconic canal network since the 18th century, but back then, it was a grimy, congested waterway junction. The original area was constructed to lin...
Keiran Goddard doesn’t live in Birmingham anymore. The London-based writer left Shard End long ago, but his heart may never have. His second novel, ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’, was released two...
A yellow weather warning has been issued for Birmingham and beyond for Friday, October 23. With Storm Austen set to hit the UK late on Thursday evening, a spell of strong winds is expected across the West...