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.
To honour one of Birmingham’s greatest writers, BCU launched the Benjamin Zephaniah Future Writers competition—asking adults and children to submit their poems around a theme, this year centred on the environment (inspi...
Let’s face it, nothing gets the heart racing quite like a bargain hunt. And where better to trawl for treasures than a car boot sale? But while you’re busy snapping up second-hand finds, don’t forget that it’s best not...
Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens may date back to the Elizabethan era, but they wouldn’t reach their beautiful peak until over a century later. For generations, the Grade II* listed, formal gardens were maintained and devel...
We are truly living in the Age of Health. From blood transfusions to strength training, high-fibre diets and AI-powered wearables, everyone’s always after the next trend to help us live longer and better lives. But mayb...
Stonehenge. It may be thousands of years old, but, as anyone who’s visited will attest, there’s much to see beyond these epic ancient rocks. Just flat, arid ground. In many ways, Birmingham’s popular hiking spot, Clent...
What’s winter without stumbling around through nature for a couple of hours before trying to warm up by a fireplace with a nice mulled wine or pint of ale? Yes, there’s Christmas and New Year’s Eve, but not a lot else,...
A former clay mine in Cornwall. Where else would you build the world’s largest indoor rainforest? Since the turn of the millennium, the Eden Project’s “global garden” has been one of the UK’s most breathtaking attractio...
Feeling the world in your body? Whether you’re sore from too much sport or aching after sitting at your desk all day long, you may need to relieve some tension with a traditional Thai massage. It’s different from your r...
Believe it or not, but Birmingham has more green spaces than any other major European city. That being said, it’s still a hustling and bustling city full of skyscrapers and surrounded by motorways. Luckily, we’ve discov...
Many of us have had an idea of selling everything and moving to a remote location to live peacefully at some point in our busy lives. At one point in history, living in isolation as a garden hermit (or an ornamental her...
