returns this weekend (Saturday, November 1) for nearly eight weeks, 54 days exactly, of festivities in and around New Street and Victoria Square. If that wasn’t enough, Ice Skate Birmingham is also taking over Centen...
Aston Villa has a new signing. It’s not a much-needed striker, but the Michelin-starred chef Brad Carter. A dedicated Villa fan since the age of six, Brad’s return to his boyhood club marks a new chapter in his celebrat...
While a cultural phenomenon, ‘The Traitors’ had passed me up until this autumn—I got it, it’s Mafia, but on —but I decided to tune into ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ this time around and… Oh, my God, this is the greatest sho...
Selfridges has always felt like the centrepiece of a shopping spree in Birmingham, but the department store is only increasing its status as the go-to spot for beauty in the Second City. It’s unveiling its brand-new Bea...
If you’re looking to open an , you need to offer something a little different to stand out. And, the celebrated vegetarian and vegan restaurant and wellness charity from London, OMNOM, looks to be doing just that when i...
Remembrance Sunday is the day our country commemorates those who fought in the two World Wars and other conflicts. Held on the second Sunday in November (the nearest Sunday to November 11), this year that falls on Sunda...
The near-legendary returns to Birmingham this weekend (Saturday, November 1). To many, it’s the first sign of Christmas and all the magic that comes with it, but to others, it’s a festive hellhole full of cheap tat, ov...
In some form or another, people have been selling their wares at the Bull Ring for over 900 years. But the future of Birmingham’s iconic markets doesn’t look great. Approval has been granted to bulldoze the historic Bul...
Guy Fawkes Night (Wednesday, November 5) isn’t what it used to be. Never mind the increasingly forgotten ever-timely tale of a failed rebellion against an all-powerful state, but what happened to the days you could rock...
Dedicated to a form of Vishnu, it’s believed that the Venkateswara Temple of Tirumala in India was built in 300 CE, and now attracts around 24 million people every year to offer donations (it’s the world’s second busies...