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!
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...
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 , 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 November, Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks hav...
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 might be one of the oldest (starting in 1997) and longest (running for a total of 54 days), and to many the best (). But if there’s one other whose name is always brought up in conversation with ours, it’...