The stubborn booksellers keeping Brum's indie scene alive
'I am not interested in running a branch of WH Smith'
Culture
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?
Au Pairs agreed to split everything equally. Now their frontwoman wants it all
Birmingham's post-punk auteurs were the poster band for equality, but 42-years later they're embroiled in a bitter row
‘Small press, big dreams’: the indie that’s reviving publishing in Brum
The Emma Press is run on a shoestring and raking in awards
A controversial football fanbase is coming to town. Will unrest follow?
When Maccabi Tel Aviv played in Amsterdam there was fighting in the streets. Now they’re heading to Villa Park.
Disappearing furniture and tears in the break room: the chaotic end to two decades of Doctors
‘Maybe don’t offer work experience on a sinking ship?’