Our guide to health and fitness in Birmingham brings you everything from beautiful parks to running, cycling and walking routes, yoga and meditation, friendly gyms and peaceful places to go.
When you dedicate your life to improving public housing for Birmingham’s working class, it’s unsurprising you end up with the best house in the city. When John Sutton Nettlefold and his wife Margaret buil...
When it comes to our universe, we've explored most of it. However, one might think humans have become pretty familiar with our Solar System by now; from the first Moon landing to the Voyager I spacecraft...
You are invited to dig up dahlias and grow them in your own garden this Sunday. In May, more than 5,000 dahlia tubers were planted for the Flora Fields at Webbs Garden Centre, producing over 200,000 flowe...
There’s a lot to discover beneath the rippling surfaces of the world’s oceans, and nothing shines a light on these marine mysteries quite like the hit BBC nature documentary Blue Planet. Soon, it will ret...
Moseley Road Baths has been teaching Birmingham residents to swim since 1907. Consisting of two major pools and three ‘slipper’ baths, it continuously hosted swimming for over a century until its closure...
Birmingham Botanical Gardens steps into the future with a brand-new 21st-century Physic Garden. Part of an ongoing collaboration with Birmingham City University (BCU), the 19th-century botanic gardens ble...
You’re watching reruns of Channel 4’s ‘Four in a Bed’ when a Birmingham hotel catches your interest. This isn’t your average hotel. This is Clover Spa & Hotel. A clothes-free retreat on Chester Road, w...
When imagining Middle-earth, many of us probably picture the snow-capped mountains and dense, gloomy forests of New Zealand thanks to Peter Jackson’s iconic adaptations of ‘The Lord of the Rings’. But J.R....
If you're anything like me, "it's because it's a full moon" has become one of the most popular phrases in my repertoire in recent years, used to explain away bad sleep and odd moods. Whether or not there'...
The UK’s second-best family walk is right here in Birmingham. Arguably the most popular park in the city, Cannon Hill Park has everything from acres of green space to a theme park designed for young child...