Christmas is cancelled

Andy Munro issues a pre-festive plea.

Moronic Magyars and Problematic Poles

Andy Munro comments on recent developments at England games.

Terry Wills

Dave Woodhall pays tribute to a football supporter extraordinaire.

Winners and losers

Dave Woodhall writes about proposals for the European Super League.

Joseph Chamberlain: Worker, Reformer, Legend

Vivek Rajkhowa writes about the man who transformed Birmingham.

Don’t shed a tear over poor old Facebook

Richard Lutz witnesses a digital war over the information we crave.

Covid chronicles: Everyone needs a place to go

Richard Lutz heads for a city break.  

Perfect Storm: Brexit, Pandemic and the Irish border

Richard Lutz witnesses the unravelling of a right royal British mess. 

In search of the vaccine

Andy Munro gets on a trek to get jabbed.

The not so magnificent seven

Andy Munro has a bit of a moan.

Trump flip-flops to save his skin

Richard Lutz reports on the latest Capitol Crimes.

Gerard Houllier – The great imponderable

Dave Woodhall talks about Gerard Houllier’s time at Villa Park.

One needle to save lives, another to kill

It’s a macabre prelude to festive fun in the US, says Richard Lutz.

There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen

Richard Lutz joins a food queue and ponders the mistletoe.

Black lives matter but do handbags?

Andy Munro wonders about words and their meaning.

Long playing album and other tales

Richard Lutz peers into the past and lets smoke get in his food. 

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

Richard Lutz remembers a dozen years of reviewing Midland performances. 

Five different ways to become better at staff management

A guide to being an effective leader.

Irish stew: Biden, Brexit, Boris and borders

Richard Lutz watches storm clouds gather over the Emerald Isle.

The Dickhead Tapes: Trump’s final pledge

Sir Howard Elston, our US editor, sits down with the president with one day to go.

An ill wind and a good suit

Richard Lutz recovers. Slowly ……

The grammar of a Warwickshire landscape

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

Voting early in the States

Richard Lutz carries out his electoral duties by email.

Fears for tiers

Andy Munro offers his opinion on new lockdown restrictions.

Kinver and the landscape of seeing

Richard Lutz wanders towards autumn.

Other tales from Birmingham

Richard Lutz goes for a lockdown stroll.

Death,taxes and Bigg Market lasses

Will Mapplebeck and a night on the Toon./strong>

The Big Con: Neck-deep in chicanery

Richard Lutz on seven days of shambolic politics.

Covid chronicles: Sharp practices

Richard Lutz finds a pensioner willing to tool up during lockdown.

Electrifying customer service

Dave Woodhall has an all-too-rare experience of a company doing the right thing.