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.

A quick constitutional walk through Trump, guns and a really rigged voting system

Donald Trump enters the White House with little knowledge or respect for constitutional law. But things must change to accommodate the times, says Richard Lutz.

Kiss Me Kate: sharp, funny, an absolute winner

Richard Lutz brushes up his Shakespeare, thanks to the Welsh National Opera.

Rover’s glorious return

Richard Lutz reviews The Rover at the RSC’s Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon.

Back to basics

Andy Munro on Blues’ encouraging display at Huddersfield.

Ask Dr Howard: He’s got the answers to your medical queries

Don’t have nightmares

Review: KT Tunstall in Birmingham

Richard Lutz reports from Symphony Hall.

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

Richard Lutz rummages through the vestiges of the last week

Vamos Cuba at the Birmingham Hippodrome – frenético, una celebración de energía juvenil

The heat of Cuba comes a little closer to home with this dance extravaganza, says Richard Lutz.

Review: What Shadows at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz reviews a new play about Enoch Powell, the politician who polarised a nation with a venomous speech made more than four decades ago.

Howard Shocker: Trump’s secret emails to the queen (of Ingerland)

From Sir Howard’s hot desk at the La Hula 69 Bar in Las Vegas

That was the walk that was..and other tales

Richard Lutz checks out how he wandered through another week.

Going down…… and back up

Daredevils wanted for charity Fright or Flight challenge.

Against all odds

Terry Wills’ round-up of recent Hawthorns events.

Brindleyplace Chocival is a sweet success

First festival attracts big crowds.

Review: Million Dollar Quartet is ‘..a livewire exuberant night out…’

Richard Lutz puts on his blue suede wellies to take in a jukebox classic at the Birmingham Hippodrome.

Ask Howard: Lord Elston answers the searing White House question of the day

Another of our essential guides to the Presidential election.

Review: Two Noble Kinsmen

Richard Lutz is in two minds about the latest RSC offering at Stratford on Avon.

Hail Trumpsylvania!

Sir Howard Elston, our US editor, reveals more on Dumpy Trumpy’s plans for a 51st state.

C’mon baby Lyytinen my fire

Martin Longley catches a rare case of the Finnish blues.

Welcome to Trumpsylvania

Dumpy Trumpy exclusively unveils to Sir Howard Elston his plans for a 51st state after he gets clobbered in the US election

Dumpy Trumpy slams media – Elston shock exclusive

Sir Howard Elston, our diplomatical editor, sits down with an angry Donald J. Trump

Trump and Fear

With less than a month to polling day, Richard Lutz reports on the US election.