If anyone’s been keeping up to date with my articles recently, you’ll know I had a driving test coming up—and I passed! “Now the real learning begins,” so everyone keeps telling me, and it seems Birmingha...
Unlike many of the West Midlands’ castles—from Warwick to Weoley—Maxstoke Castle stands unique in that it’s not only pretty much completely intact, but it also remains privately owned. In fact, the Fether...
For years, Tilt was one of the best bars for hanging out with mates in Birmingham. It combined craft beer, speciality coffee and pinball perfection until it sadly closed last summer after nearly 10 years...
The Bulls Head in King’s Norton will relaunch in October under the new sports concept, Grandstand. The Bulls Head in King’s Norton shut its doors on Monday (September 28), but fear not, the much-lo...
Driving in Birmingham always feels a little risky. If it isn’t the roads, it’s other drivers, and now we’ve got the weather to worry about. From high winds and downpours to hazardous heat and icy roads, n...
It’s only Wednesday, but I’ve already received more annoying emails than I can handle in a week. Sometimes my job just makes me so mad that I want to smash up my computer. But I can save myself that HR he...
Few people are more important to Birmingham than Joseph Chamberlain. The man “who made the weather”, according to Winston Churchill, left his mark all over the city—from the Old Joe clock tower and the fr...
From Sephora to Selfridges, the Bullring is no stranger to beauty shops—it’s got to be the West Midlands’ number one destination for anyone trying to look and feel better about themselves. But this week,...
A new brewery is coming to Digbeth—and you can get involved in its opening. New Invention Brewery made its first beer in Bloxwich all the way back in April 2019 and is now only a few brews away from its 5...
When imagining Middle-earth, many of us probably picture the snow-capped mountains and dense, gloomy forests of New Zealand thanks to Peter Jackson’s iconic adaptations of ‘The Lord of the Rings’. But J.R....