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Some good news for UK renters, rents are just 2.2% higher than a year ago—the slowest pace of growth in four years. Thanks to the latest data from Zoopla, we know that the average…...
HS2 is already tens of billions over budget and a decade behind schedule. So while Birmingham still waits for its high-speed rail to London, any hope of a better connection to…...
It may be grey and drizzly outside right now, but Birmingham Light Festival will return to transform the city’s streets, squares and public space into a dazzling open-air gallery over Valentine’s weekend (February 12 to...
2026 is set to be a spectacular year for skywatchers and astronomy enthusiasts, featuring 13 full moons instead of the usual twelve. This rare lunar calendar includes a Blue Moon, three supermoons, and two lunar eclipse...
Calling all jazz cats! Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) is set to host a brand new jazz festival across the multi-venue building. Across two days (February 12 to 13, 2026), Eastside Jazz Festival brings together int...
We all need a reminder to laugh in the winter months. A major photographic exhibition of some of the UK’s comedy legends, past and present, opens at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in February. ‘I photograph comedia...
Trains are being cancelled, people are being told to stay at home, and it’s starting to get more than a little blustery outside. It’s not quite the apocalypse, but Storm Goretti is ready to bombard the UK tonight…...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have heard of Storm Goretti by now. An amber weather warning has been issued from this evening until Friday morning, between 8pm and 9am, with Birmingham in the middle of&h...
It’s been almost 6 months since the sad passing of Ozzy Osbourne (July 22), and it still hasn’t properly sunk in. Where better to pay your respects than this free-to-enter exhibition, ‘Working Class Hero’ at...
Hidden away in one of Birmingham’s historic railway arches, I love Attic Brew Co.’s The Barrel Store. Not just for its many “hop-forward pale ales and IPAs”, or its unique project ageing various beers in red wine barrel...
