At first, I wasn’t sure whether this establishment fell into the category of a ‘takeaway’. From a distance, the exterior mislead me into believing it was a typical British pub with a beer garden.
As …

I’m a big fan of anything local. When Chris Arnot of The Guardian wrote about a new controversial play set in Lozells, I read so intently that my morning coffee was left to chill and …

Well I never knew there was such a thing!  A festival dedicated to bedsheets?! 
Well, actually, not quite.  The Festival of Quilts is the largest and most inspiring quilting event in Europe and exhibits the …

It’s hard to believe that as the UK’s second largest city (second only to London), with a whopping 3 million more in population than the third largest city (Leeds), Birmingham could host such a flourishing …

Did you know that Birmingham is one of greenest cities in Britian?  It has over 8,000 acres of luscious green parks and open spaces.  Five of the council’s parks have even been awarded Green Flag …

Do you long for a career in media, journalism and radio?  Are you a miniature version of Lois Lane or Chris Moyles?
Yes? Okay, well first thing’s first.  Let’s see if you tick the boxes…
Are you …

“I don’t want to get married whilst flinging myself out of a plane!” I screamed.

This is just a small snippet of the conversation between my long-term boyfriend and I the other night as we discussed our options should we decide to get engaged in the future. As one of us is agnostic and the other one an atheist, we agreed that it would be more than hypocritical for us to get married in a church. So where did that leave us?

I’m a bit of a sucker for fairs and markets. There’s a little gypsy girl who lives inside me that has a soft spot for anything cheap and anything vintage. The one thing you can’t …