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!
It's certainly not unusual for you to find me over here partaking in a bit of transport talk. But whilst I'm usually waxing lyrical about the UK's "trusty" network of trains, buses, and bikes; today I'm pushing the boat...
I don’t look like Jacob Elordi. I don’t compare to Heathcliff. But, with Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights set to reignite a national obsession with Emily Brontë’s classic Gothic novel, I’m looking for s...
Home to a bounty of wildlife, varied habitats—like meadows, ponds, quarries and orchards—and world-famous springs (known for their purity and healing properties), the dramatically rising Malvern Hills, full of ancient w...
One of the world’s most iconic train services, the Caldonian Sleeper, safely arrived in the Scottish Highlands this morning. A major milestone in its history, its first-ever service departed from Birmingham Internationa...
William Shakespeare is as strongly associated with as Black Sabbath is with Birmingham. So when it came to filming Chloe Zhao’s new film ‘Hamnet’, which follows the relationship between the Bard and his wife, Agnes, af...
Maybe you’re quitting the booze, or just looking to enjoy a fitter lifestyle, but January always seems to be the month to escape the city and explore the great outdoors. Looking for the UK’s best winter walks? You only...
Stonehenge. It may be thousands of years old, but, as anyone who’s will attest, there’s much to see beyond these epic ancient rocks. Just flat, arid ground. In many ways, Birmingham’s popular hiking spot, Clent Hills,...
As the year draws to a close, albeit with still firmly in our sights, we're already thinking about next year - and how to work as little as possible. (If you're my editor, you didn't read that.) 'How are we going to do...
Nothing can quite prepare you for a Boxing Day walk. After a long day trapped inside, eating everything in sight, before slumping in , the great outdoors can be quite a shock to the system—and no, we’re not just talking...
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...