The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
We started the year with highlighting ten of the city’s rising stars for 2018, and featured prominently on the list was Wolverhampton-born actor Antonio Aakeel. The promising young talent from Wolves – now based between Birmingham and London – Antonio’s inclusion was on the merit of the number of incredibly intense and striking roles he had been racking up in the last…
A Birmingham mother has claimed she was marched off a National Express West Midlands bus, despite having proof of fare payment for the service. Inderjit Kaur has written of her “humiliating” and “embarrassing” experience after allegedly being told to leave the bus she was travelling on, even after presenting her proof of payment for the…
‘Hereditary’ has been hailed as this generation’s ‘The Exorcist’. The movie works better as a drama dealing with the themes of grief and loss rather than an all-out supernatural horror film.
A film about a brave village woman who fought off bandits in Pakistan is to be shown at a special screening in Birmingham this week. My Pure Land, a 2017 British drama film directed by Sarmad Masud, is being screened as part of the monthly Yellow Wednesdays film night at the Impact Hub in Digbeth.
Visitors to Birmingham City University’s Inspired Family Day will be given the chance to star in their own play, design their own railway or take part in a range of sporting activities this weekend. There will also be ample opportunities for jewellery making, science experiments and craft workshops on offer as the University throws open the doors to…
Foodies of Sutton Coldfield and beyond will be delighted to learn that the first Sutton Coldfield Food Festival is coming to the Royal Town this summer. The inaugural event, which is set to take place on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June, will see the town filled with over 75 culinary delights from pop-up restaurants,…
A trendy new bar in Birmingham city centre is set to welcome friends, families and dogs alike, bringing a new craft beer offering to the city. The Head of Steam will open on Temple Street, Somerset House, where it will create 35 new job opportunities, and host some of Birmingham’s local brewed beers, including Birmingham…
Yesterday, he performed for the third time at the most watched musical event of the year, the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show. In June, superstar Justin Timberlake will be performing at Arena Birmingham, bringing some of his amazing worldwide hits and dance routines to the city.