West Midlands partners reflect on successful Meetings Show
Delegation records more than 200 appointments, potentially worth more than £2 million for the region.
Baseball in Britain: Boom-boom time way down in England
Richard Lutz sits back and thinks of baseball and England.
Birmingham Airport to be Solihull Summer Fest headline sponsor
Plans announced as part of eightieth anniversary celebrations.
Walking with Butterflies
New guide to help find rare species across Birmingham and the Black Country.
Birmingham Airport reveals strategic Masterplan
Airport publishes long-term future plans following public consultation.
New York, New York
Stephen Pennell visits the City that Never Sleeps.
Birmingham Airport takes part in World Environment Day
Airport staff raise awareness of environmental impact.
Music from the depths of a river- and other tales
Richard Lutz gets to see the woods through the trees.
Going off-map on the island of little places
Richard Lutz decides it’s time to re-consider 216, 191 and good old number 50.
Birmingham Airport increases April passenger numbers
Year on year growth sees seven figure barrier broken.
Review: The Provoked Wife at The Swan in Stratford
Richard Lutz takes a pew for a 300 year-old sex comedy that’s still alive and kicking.
Birmingham set for boost from Cricket World Cup
Tournament said to be worth £32.1 million from international visitors, ticket sales and matchday spending.
Milestone for Birmingham Airport passenger service
Millionth passenger uses self-service bag drop.
Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon
Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.
Birmingham Airport gets set for Easter
Over 140,000 passengers expected through airport over the holiday period.
Nepal: Goodbye pink Chanel lipstick and other tales
Last week we published a piece about Nepal. Sheilagh Matheson, a recent traveller to the mountain nation, recalls an episode close to every woman’s heart…
Airline celebrates anniversary in Birmingham
Three years at Birmingham Airport for Qatar Airways.
Birmingham Airport announces electric bus contract
New deal part of commitment to reduce energy consumption.
Lichfield Festival 2019 – first events revealed
Theatre, music and street parades on offer in family festival.
Birmingham set for new Maldron hotel
Planning permission secured for city centre site.
West Midlands venues recognised in VisitEngland Attractions Accolades
Boost for the region’s expanding tourism sector.
Swans of Stratford
Richard Lutz saunters down to Shakespeareland.
Suite success for Hotel du Vin Stratford
First birthday celebrated with host of accolades.
A book for bedtime
Hotel seeks budding young writers for its new bedtime story book.
Birmingham Poet Laureate hits the heights
Poetry in the Penthouse launches at the Rotunda.
Cruise flights take off from Birmingham
UK’s only direct flights to Langkawi, Malaysia, launched.
Beneath blue suburban skies
Will Mapplebeck grabs the Beatles Express back to the sixties.
Air Arabia Maroc celebrate opening of Birmingham link
First direct service to Agadir launched.
Birmingham Airport reveals plan for the future
Airport to invest £500 million in ambitious growth plans.
Getting to the church on time
Richard Lutz peeks into two churches on walks near Birmingham.