Boiled Coins
Richard Lutz looks back at a weird old week.
Living in a viral world
Richard Lutz re-adjusts to a life that has changed.
Cheers and Piers
Richard Lutz is blasted by a storm and blessed with a Google promise.
Letter from Scotland
Tony Fitzpatrick reports from north of the border on Brexit and a sense of loss.
Sir Howard asks: Quo vadimus, baby?
Sir Howard Elston, our sanitaryware editor, demands answers about the burning questions of the day.
50 shades of you know what
Richard Lutz tours the geometry of a grey Evenlode valley.
The long and winding road to Xtampak
Stephen Cooke, in Mexico, runs into a dubious policeman, a jungle and a lost city.
2020 and the snap of the plastic flags
Richard Lutz witnesses change and immutability as 2020 approaches.
Labour and the election: no Big Idea, no shared future, no narrative
Will Mapplebeck, a Tyneside political commentator, reports on the outflow from the election.
Voting and the long poisonous shadow of the referendum
Richard Lutz braces himself for an election that will stop the country cold in its winter tracks.
From Everest to Embleton, it’s a mountain of plastic, paper and polystyrene
Sheilagh Matheson walks on an award-winning beach but has to pick her way through a wasteland of rubbish.
Advocate for an Advocaat
Sheilagh Matheson raises a glass or two.
The town that doesn’t see itself
Sheilagh Matheson works in an African community so poor it can’t afford mirrors.
What autumn brings
Richard Lutz says goodbye to a friend.
Cameron is where the blame lies
Richard Lutz points the finger of blame at you-know-who.
Britain: Broken, bedevilled, betrayed
Richard Lutz watches democracy go down the pan.
My no-deal letter to my MP
Richard Lutz tries to persuade his MP to turn his back on No Deal come October.
Juggling your life passion and your full-time job
Local community activist Abid Khan talks about working at what you enjoy.
Requiem for a bloody nation
Richard Lutz on the double massacre in the US.
The Rocky Boris Show and The Murder Hole
Richard Lutz holds his breath as Britain twists in the wind.
Double trouble in the land of Bojo and Trump
Richard Lutz feverishly peers into his crystal ball as the political world swirls around him.
Lost voices of Muslim women
Gay activist Saima Razzaq gives her opinion of the Birmingham schools protest controversy.
This is rubbish
Richard Lutz is reduced to writing about garbage.
Music from the depths of a river- and other tales
Richard Lutz gets to see the woods through the trees.
Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon
Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.
Total eclipse of the Sun
Dave Woodhall comments on a disgraceful piece of gutter reporting.
Karkosa – big in Seoul
Stephen Pennell reports on another promising Birmingham band.
The Brexit baloney
Andy Munro poses a topical question or six to his MP.
Book Review: ‘Our City’ explores how immigration changed Birmingham
Richard Lutz reviews an investigation into the changing face of our city landscape.
Voices in the Machine
Richard Lutz queries just who benefits from ever-newer levels of digital technology.