They were Brum’s answer to The Beatles — until Harold Wilson sued them
The Move were destined for stardom but a smutty postcard brought them down
Culture
Nek’s graffiti is everywhere. Who is he?
One man’s search for the meaning of a Birmingham tag
The decline of a royal town
Amazon warehouses, managed decline, and flags. What’s happened to Sutton Coldfield?
‘A horror story’: the pet shop in Aston ruffling feathers
Birds4U sells exotic birds at an inner-city retail park. Customers claim it’s an animal welfare scandal
The stubborn booksellers keeping Brum's indie scene alive
'I am not interested in running a branch of WH Smith'
My hunt for the Brummie officers of post-war Bosnia — and other observations
A writer’s edition from Samuel
The bizarre ode to brutalist Birmingham that killed Cliff Richard’s film career
The Peter Pan of Pop’s final big-screen role is a prize piece of Brummie pop culture. Just maybe not in the way he intended…
Charles Dickens was determined to help Birmingham. Do we need a new literary hero?
The city could use a friend like the great author today
The secret lives of Birmingham’s Santas
Three Father Christmases spill the beans on their biggest gig of the year
Mozart’s angels: how the CBSO is trying to win over the under-30s
‘Younger people have a different relationship with classical music than older generations’
Beyond beer and bratwurst, what do Christmas markets bring to Brum?
Birmingham and Frankfurt have a decades-old relationship. But is it mutual?
Old Birmingham can still be found — just hop on the No.16 bus
For £5.20, get an unofficial whistlestop tour of the city’s most historic buildings and artworks
Penda’s Fen reinvents Mercia for the modern age
How an experimental British 1970s television play pioneered a folk horror revival
Storms, solidarity, and survival
How Hurricane Melissa is affecting the Jamaican Diaspora in Birmingham
Porn stars: the Birmingham university leading x-rated academia
With its porn studies strand, BCU earns its reputation for the radical
Erdington: the truth about Birmingham's most stereotyped neighbourhood
The Telegraph slammed the area and one local said it was on the ‘verge of civil war’. What's it actually like?