The Dispatch
Birmingham: The world's 658th most walkable city!
AKA the 'least active' city outside of North America
Britain doesn't have a second city
A little-known law states that neither Birmingham nor Manchester are big enough
The Rime of the Ancient Marinator
Mussels, black pepper, iberico, and the state of Birmingham’s dining scene
Lighting the fuse: how Birmingham’s all-female abolitionist group helped end slavery
‘I would like to know when are they going to pay us for what they done to our families’
The missing detail: Meet Akhmed Yakoob’s ‘gang leader’ business partner
Exclusive: The Dispatch can reveal that last year, the breakout star of Birmingham politics set up a business with a convicted criminal
Can a crackdown on ‘zombie knives’ stop stabbings in the West Midlands?
Plus, summer finally arrives
The Library of Birmingham hosts a world class photo collection. Unfortunately, most of it is sitting in boxes
‘An archive is nothing if it’s not publicly accessible’
Keeping it local in Stourbridge
“People know who I am and what I stand for.”
It’s Jude Bellingham’s world. We are all just living in it
Plus: Yardley general election candidate in controversial WhatsApp leak