Street legal on High Street
Richard Lutz contemplates what’s on offer inside a US marijuana shop.
Blue and white Christmas
Terry Wills on a successful holiday period for the Albion.
2017: Migration to continue, Murray to win big and Brexit, Brexit and more Brexit
Will Mapplebeck doles out his predictions for the new year.
Iconic Pakistani singer remembered at Birmingham event
Tributes paid to victim of air crash.
Youth Theatre graduate gives masterclass to students
Helping hand to youngsters aiming to follow in footsteps.
Feeling hot hot hot
Rachel Watts has a hot date with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Ban the Bard and other tales
Richard Lutz peers through the leaves of his past week.
Onwards and upwards?
Dave Woodhall talks about Villa’s late winner on Saturday.
Barcodes too expensive
Andy Munro ponders Blues’ 4-0 defeat at Newcastle.
Birmingham ballet dancer grabs international bronze
Hamish Scott (above), from Birmingham’s Elmhurst Ballet School, has come third in an international dance competition.
Screengrab: Clooney, Kirk and Christmas
Richard Lutz trawls the movies on the box that you just can’t miss…
Sir Howard named People of the Year
Lord Elston fingered as Top Dawg… Our very own long term correspondent Sir Howard Elston (OBE) has won the prestigious award as People’s People of the Year for the first time (writes this site’s publisher). In a poll riddled with voting controversy over Russian dark deeds, a top flight panel of judges has picked him Number…
Sharks and Other Tales
Richard Lutz wanders through Warwickshire, hears a choir, fails at a pub quiz and ponders the world of sharks
Barnsley stormers
Andy Munro witnesses Blues surprising 3-0 defeat at home to Barnsley.
The dark shadow on the sidelines
As the British football sex scandal gains steam, Richard Lutz remembers his school where a sports coach preyed on boys. It has caused a national scandal in the US
The convenience of a scapegoat – why everyone’s giving globalisation a good kicking.
Will Mapplebeck takes a close look at how too many of our leaders react mindlessly to the worldwide finance crises that lurk on the political landscape.
Raising women’s voices event for Birmingham
Demands for end to violence against women.
Donation bid for Birmingham charity
Christmas appeal launched to aid maternal heath care.
Blair to run for Cuban prez post
What next for Cuba? We have the details.
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
Review: Madeleine Peyroux
Simon Hale sees the world-renown singer get the blues.
Road map to Pence-sylvania
With all the noise about Donald Trump, how about the other guy- the one a heartbeat away from the Oval Office? Richard Lutz checks the facts
Robert Glasper review: free-flowing, innovative, cheeky
Richard Lutz catches a mix of jazz, hip-hop, RandB and techno from a young master
That was the west Texas that is..and other tales
Movies, English sunken lanes and an internet warning. Richard Lutz surveys another week
Lord Howard: Why I feel safe in the United States of Animosity
Diplomatic editor Sir Howard Elston analyses the new Trumpie inner circle.
Nativity musical to premiere at Birmingham Rep
Christmas 2017 starts here.
With a little help…
Walsall student given six months to live hopes to tour the world with help from fundraising friends.
Rail advice to Christmas shoppers
Passengers advised to plan their travel as Birmingham gears up for festive crowds.
Win a debt-free degree
Midlands students offered chance to win £27,000 degree.
High Five- one of Britain’s finest writers emerges on a new bill
Scotland has engraved the portrait of one of its best kept secrets on its new £5 note. She’s a writer almost no one has heard of…until now.