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Why don’t they have TV screens in supermarkets? I wouldn’t be so bothered spending half an hour wandering down every aisle looking for “whole chestnuts” if there was a little entertainment. I’d at least be able to stay...
You’re signing up for something special when you hire someone like ATRIO to design your restaurant – the team behind Qavali, Indico and Karaage. Yet the gilded interiors of The Mayan in the Mailbox have been...
What would you do with a £1000? Personally, I’d spend it on getting some lessons in grace and decorum because I have all the “grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on.” Whether it’s Peter’s closing statement...
When Fierce Festival debuted back in 1998 (then called Queerfest), it put Birmingham on the map for unusual, edgy and spectacular theatre and performance. Its second edition came with the tagline, ‘the festival that bit...
Hold on to your hats folks, is this a sign that the UK may be getting a Universal Studios theme park that would be just 40 minutes away from London? Exciting news indeed, if so. We first caught wind of the nears last ye...
The Perseid meteor shower is currently taking over the skies of the Northern Hemisphere, and it just so happens to be one of the most dramatic displays of celestial magic that you may ever witness, annually taking over...
Mood swings, bad sleep and supernatural phenomena. A lot has been blamed on the arrival of a full moon. But whether you believe in its celestial effects or not, the moon’s majesty is undeniable – only more so when...
School’s out and you’re spending every waking second with the kids once again. We’re sure you’re happy for the family time, but it can prove difficult constantly coming up with things to do with kids – and very co...
Well, this is disappointing… What was billed as “a flagship summer concert series” for Birmingham and the people of the West Midlands, the inaugural Centenary Square Summer Series will no longer be hap...
Team Great Britain (GB) has kicked off the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris with a great start, bagging six medals already on the third day of the global sporting competition. However, Team GB has now won the nation’s...
