Luxury train’s secret Christmas trip

Northern Belle to make mystery journey for Christmas.

Twelve years a slave to the stage: My best (and worst) moments

Richard Lutz remembers a dozen years of reviewing Midland performances. 

The grammar of a Warwickshire landscape

Richard Lutz saunters through a little path of heaven in the changing weather.  

Kinver and the landscape of seeing

Richard Lutz wanders towards autumn.

Other tales from Birmingham

Richard Lutz goes for a lockdown stroll.

Living for the Weekend uncorks Wine Staycation

The Birmingham Wine Staycation – the ultimate wine experience.

Birmingham to Belfast flights expanded

Aer Lingus Regional’s new service to Belfast City takes off,

Brexit: “An exercise in British self harm”

Richard Lutz reads a new book on the dramatic effects of leaving the EU. 

Irish stew

Richard Lutz scurries over and round the Irish border.

Engineering work forces luxury train delay

Northern Belle’s trip to the seaside rescheduled.

The Three Daggers – where elegance meets tradition

We visited a Wiltshire pub, plus a lot more.

Lufthansa reinstates services to Germany from Birmingham

Daily flights back following lockdown easing.

Dress up for the Northern Belle

Luxury train to leave from Birmingham.

Birmingham International Station design ambitions unveiled

Crucial design stage reached for major connectivity project.

From Brum to Balti-land

Richard Lutz travelled to Mirpur to find the home of the balti.

Into a technicolour night

Richard Lutz reviews images looking west each evening .

West Midlands launching India Partnership programme

New partnership launches to attract investment, jobs and visitors to region.

Covid chronicles: Magnum force and a dark anger

Richard Lutz wanders through the Lands of Lockdown. 

Call for early West Midlands re-opening

Government urged to allow early reopening of tourism, hospitality and cultural sector.

The take away culture

The Birmingham arts scene is coming to you wherever you are. Jessica Harris with details.

Shakespeare images to go on show

Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with the Everything to Everybody Project.

Covid-19 is a pussycat

We may be fighting a deadly enemy now, but Kate Spohrer argues that worse is on the way.

Lockdown leg stretch

Richard Nevin has a stroll through the city centre.

Boiled Coins

Richard Lutz looks back at a weird old week.

Calling time after thirty two years

Doorman finally steps down from Broad Street.

Staying Cool says thank you to NHS workers

Discounts for serviced apartments in Birmingham city centre.

232 miles of…

New book set to reveal the secrets of the M6.

West Midlands Tourism Awards 2020 – the results

Region’s best visitor venues honoured with awards in fifteen categories.

Cheers and Piers

Richard Lutz is blasted by a storm and blessed with a Google promise. 

Kinver Edge and a trick of the light

Richard Lutz rides a storm on the Kinver escarpment.