Life in Birmingham is pretty sweet, but it’s nice to get away every once in a while. Here, we share relaxing countryside excursions, brilliant day trips, and the best places to visit in the UK, plus some exciting international travel inspiration!
Nothing can quite prepare you for a Boxing Day walk. After a long day trapped inside, eating everything in sight, before slumping in front of the TV, the great outdoors can be quite a shock to the system—and…...
We’ve seen some pretty trippy places—from an Italian village in Wales to family houses cut into rock cliffs—but this Victorian garden, described as a ‘quirky, playful paradise’, may be the…...
There’s nowhere more charming than the Cotswolds, and no place in it more beautiful than Bourton-on-the-Water, aka the ‘Venice of the Cotswolds’. Famed for its honey-coloured houses, gently flowing river, and picturesqu...
Looking for a break from the fast-paced streets of Birmingham? Enjoy the quiet life, just a stone’s throw away, or should we say, a 30-minute drive, in the medieval town of Henley-in-Arden. So quaint is it—filled with r...
If you just can’t get enough of the Christmas market, then you’re in luck as Jet2 sees that ’tis the season to introduce a brand new flight route to a magical Christmas market destination. This Novembe...
Chloe Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’, which follows the relationship between William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, after the death of their 11-year-old son, is already hotly-tipped to steamroll the Oscars—with performances from Pau...
Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market might be one of the oldest (starting in 1997) and longest (running for a total of 54 days), and to many the best (just ask…...
Gifted to us in 1997 by Frankfurt, the Second City’s iconic Christmas market has grown into the largest authentic German Christmas outside of Germany and Austria. But, while we all know and love Birmingham’s Frankfurt C...
What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to Royal Leamington Spa, everything. Located on the River Leam, the then village, Leamington Priors, became well-known for its ‘medicinal’ springs in the 18th century. Like Bath, th...
You might think Birmingham has it bad, but you can’t get much further from the sea when you’re in Lichfield. But it’s not called “the most English place in the country” just for its geography. A beautiful…...
