Review: Venice Preserved at The Swan, Stratford

Richard Lutz is dragged into the world of Restoration noir at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Listening to the bend of the river

Richard Lutz hears the river flow

Dog day afternoon and other tails

Richard Lutz goes to The Edge.

Black Country councils’ assistance for small business recognised

Councils shine at awards for Small Business Friendliness.

Solihull plan for new urban quarter receives double boost

Groundbreaking partnership with HS2 Ltd to design new infrastructure and connectivity.

FinditinWorcestershire celebrates its seventh birthday

Anniversary for Worcestershire networking group.

Green light for Swift in Redditch

Regional transport system expands into Worcestershire.

Mud is the currency of an English winter and other tales

Richard Lutz takes the long route through another lost week.

Voices in the air

Richard Lutz reviews his past seven days.

The White

Richard Lutz is buried by another seven days.

That was the Warwickshire that was and other tales

Richard Lutz plunders his archive to remember what happened last week…..

Greener buses scheme set for expansion

Bus scheme driving cleaner air and better facilities for Solihull town centre.

Combined authority investment welcomed by new mayor

Coventry regeneration schemes awarded £3.7 million loan.

Where history sleeps

Richard Lutz gets lost in Shakespeare country.

Golden milestone for Walsall Writers Circle

Fifty years of writing marked by civic ceremony.

RSC Tempest: Stratford meets the digital age in a vibrant classic

Imagine a 30 foot high Ariel towering above Propero – that’s what you get in this groundbreaking performance, says Richard Lutz

Those were the woods that was….and cars and baseball and the US election

Richard Lutz rummages through the vestiges of the last week

That was the walk that was..and other tales

Richard Lutz checks out how he wandered through another week.

Halloween happenings at Dudley Castle

Chance to witness ghostly goings on at haunted venue.

New business chief welcomes growth figures

18,600 additional private sector jobs created in the region in 2015.

Coming to Artrix

All-round family fun in Bromsgrove.

The Alchemist: A sharp, wicked comedy aimed at greed and gold

Richard Lutz takes his pew for the Ben Johnson classic that caustically sends up his fellow Londoners of 1610.

That was the will that was

Richard Lutz looks back in langour at the past seven days

Hamlet: Broad young shoulders carry an impressive play

Richard Lutz takes his pew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatrefor that most famous of revenge plays.

West Mids exports rise in 2015

Region is third-largest exporting area in the country.

That was the week that was

I reveal why I like gardening and I find a windmill. Plus there is a gym I duck into, says Richard Lutz.

London Midland and Wasps to run rugby specials

Additional rugby special services on match days announced.

Review: Henry V at Stratford

Richard Lutz takes a seat for that most patriotic of Shakespeare plays .

Review: Othello

Richard Lutz reviews a classic take on Shakespeare’s tragedy about jealousy, race and deceit

Assembly point

What do we want? A Greater Birmingham Regional Assembly! When do we want it? Now! So says Steve Beauchampé.