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Netflix’s ‘The Gentlemen’ - a spin-off of Guy Ritchie’s film of the same name - has been the surprise streaming hit of the year so far. Since all eight episodes dropped globally on March 7, 2024, the British crime comed...
A popular New York coffee chain, which has taken London by storm, is officially opening its doors in Birmingham next month. Following TikTok-viral drinks (such as the Blueberry Matcha), and celeb visits from Molly-Mae H...
You’d think that a box office-breaking, award-winning animated movie - spawning sequels, prequels, remakes, TV shows, video games and a West End musical - like The Lion King would already have its very own attraction by...
If we could go anywhere (any place, any time), we’d choose to go to Woodstock. Held on a New York farm in 1969, it has since become a defining moment of the baby boomer generation and synonymous with the counterculture...
It's great living in Birmingham and all, but given a chance every summer, most of us are looking at flights to sit on the sand anywhere but the United Kingdom. Not that we don't have any love for the here (when the wea...
"Nature's most precious gifts to humanity" is the motto of the list, spanning across 250 sites around the world. The organisation has protected around 3.5 million square kilometres worldwide, with 24 new spots added to...
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 to design your restaurant - the team behind Qavali, Indico and Karaage. Yet the gilded interiors of in the Mailbox have been on another level since it...
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...