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Every year, we anticipate which bits of the city have (mis)fortune of being namechecked on The Sunday Times’ annual Best Places to Live guide. But even we’re shocked to learn that a Birmingham neighbourhood has been nam...
Birmingham is beautiful. From romantic restaurants to the pinkest places, there so many special spots to open up your camera and take some stunning snaps of yourself. But the most…...
The world’s first official Formula 1 simulator opened its second UK racing experience back in November. F1 Arcade offers 53 bespoke full-motion racing simulators that feature motion and audio-visual effects to ful...
Now, summer is still a while away, but the cracks of light start appearing through the grey skies when the festival lineups are announced and we can all envisage dancing in a field again. They don’t come bigger th...
Fans of the adorable Hello Kitty can say ‘Kon’nichiwa’ to a cute (or kawaii) cafe inspired by the Japanese fictional character inside Primark in Birmingham. Following on from the store’s pop-up Stitch-...
Whether it’s the rain, the bins, or the economy, we Brits have a special knack for seeing the worst in everything (or is the UK just actually that bad?) We’ve always known we’re a miserable bunch, but the Global Mind&he...
Voted one of the best beer gardens in the country last year, The Canal House was beloved by all Brummies. Boasting beautiful views of the canal basin and a huge outdoor terrace in the summer, as well as roasting fires&h...
For a city of Birmingham’s size, we’re really lacking in independent bookshops. Sure, there are some great ones – Voce Books and The Heath Bookshop among them – but we can’t afford to lose any of them....
Who are we to argue with CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) about what constitutes a pub? Whether it’s a bar, bottle shop or micropub, Hop & Scotch is a worthy winner as Birmingham’s ‘Pub of the Year’ – having also...
No one in the country can throw a St Patrick’s Day Parade like they do in Birmingham – few in the world either! At its peak, over 80,000 people used to attend – making it the third biggest St Patrick...