The Dispatch
Has McDonald’s Sparked a Class War in Stirchley?
Is the American fast food joint a democratising force, offering cheap food for all, or an unwanted corporate presence threatening a hard-won independent economy?
Rachel is a victim of domestic violence. Why won’t West Midlands Police help her?
Over five years she made 33 complaints of domestic abuse. No action was taken
The Rep’s festive play should be scarier
A Christmas Carol: a Ghost Story is part of a long lineage of spooky Victorian tales - but it doesn't bring the fear factor
Shabana Mahmood intervenes in assisted dying debate
Plus Canadian pensioners look to ‘sell’ Birmingham Airport.
No justice, no peace? Why hasn’t there been a public inquiry into the 1974 Birmingham bombings?
50 years after the Birmingham bombings, and no one is any closer to getting to the truth. The story of why, and how, a public inquiry hasn’t happened
‘Stop the rot’ — Que Club building’s future hangs in the balance
Plus, Stirchley tells McDonald’s to do one
The many lives of the Bull Ring
From Middle Age merchants to viral cosmetics, Birmingham’s major shopping centre is having its latest glow-up
Time Bomb: Birmingham’s forgotten film noir
The train is wired to blow
‘David and Goliath’ — Shock Reform council by-election win in Wolverhampton
Plus, get your Dispatch reader discount for the English Whisky Festival
Steve Winwood — Birmingham’s overlooked bard
He influenced Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. So why does his hometown ignore him?
‘Twice tried, twice hanged, twice buried’
An exceedingly creepy trek through the scenes of William Booth’s crimes
Where would we be without our libraries?
How Catherine O'Flynn, Liz Berry, Jonathan Coe and more teamed up to create a protest zine