Towns & Villages
Phil Spencer urges the nation to become ‘Karcher Clean’!
April 8th 2011
Kärcher has joined forces with property expert, Phil Spencer, to launch ‘Kärcher CleanBritain’ – a campaign to encourage us to clean up our streets and meeting places for what’s set to be an exciting time for the nation...
City Inn Rebrands as Mint Hotel in Advance of Opening Two New Hotels
December 21st 2010
City Inn has rebranded as Mint Hotel in advance of opening two new hotels in prime locations in London and Amsterdam nearly doubling the number of rooms. Mint Hotel will open a second London property of 583 rooms at the Tower of London...
East Meets West
April 22nd 2009
One day she's directing for the BBC, the next designing the debut fashion collection for her new Birmingham boutique. There might be a credit crunch but Harkirn Khaila believes now is the right time to offer the city's discerning shoppers somethin...
Birmingham's Food Stars
March 3rd 2009
The dining offering in the city has improved dramatically over the last ten years and testament to this is the fact three Birmingham restaurants have now been awarded a coveted Michelin Star. Paul Clarke spoke to the chef proprietors of Purnell's ...
Toby Talks
March 3rd 2009
He describes himself as 'lucky' to have got where he has, but radio and TV presenter Toby Anstis is definitely in the right profession as a self-confessed chatterbox. Now heard around the region on Heart's mid-morning radio programme, he spoke to ...
A Woman Who Knows Her Way
March 3rd 2009
Despite not finding favour with Sir Alan Sugar on The Apprentice, Jo Cameron wasn't about to let that get in her way. With the inaugural WOW Awards, she's helping celebrate other business- women who likewise keep going when the going gets tough
Best Foot Forward
March 3rd 2009
There are many subjects that divide the sexes and one in particular is the topic of shoes. It's only for women that beautiful shoes become an all-consuming obsession and particularly those that will adorn her feet on the Wedding Day. Birmingham sh...
Circus Life
March 3rd 2009
Cirque du Soleil rolls into town again this month, presenting an enchanting, colourful and topsy-turvy world of acrobatics, contortion and spellbinding aerial displays in its touring show, Quidam. Rachel Crow found out what made some of those invo...
In The Film Club
January 30th 2009
Coventry-based author and screenwriter Geoff Thompson is a man with big ambitions, one of which is to see the Midlands right at the heart of the UK's filmmaking map. And he's hoping his debut feature film Clubbed, shot in Birmingham and co-funded ...
The Undercover Story
January 28th 2009
If you're a man buying lingerie for the woman in your life this Valentine's Day, ignore this advice from West Midlands based Honeys Lingerie Boutique.com at your peril!
Drawing on History
January 5th 2009
'Deep within the heart of England Lies a city full of secrets.' These are the opening lines of a new children's book, chronicling the history of Birmingham and its Industrial Revolution by way of illustration and rhyme. Local artist and illus...
Jimmys World
January 5th 2009
As the man who managed to make celebrity out of pig farming, we lived through the trials and tribulations of Jimmy Doherty as he set up his rare breeds farm on the popular BBC2 series Jimmy's Farm. Last month he took over the Butchery Cou...
Scientific Thinking
January 5th 2009
Exploring extreme climates, the science of special effects or copying human DNA; it's all in a day in the life of Birmingham Thinktank's Resident Scientist and Informal Learning Manager, Dr Kenny Webster. Interview Rachel Crow
Motor Mouths
January 5th 2009
Dave Myers and Simon King, aka The Hairy Bikers were in the city recently to film their Christmas Special and also for the BBC Good Food Show. Rachel Crow had a chat with this most unlikely pair of culinary pin-ups
Creative Corner
January 5th 2009
The area around the Custard Factory in Digbeth is gradually being developed to become home to an ever wider creative melting pot of talent, the vision of father and son developer entrepreneurs, Bennie and Lucan Gray. Rachel Crow spoke to L...
Retail Royalty
November 26th 2008
On her recent visit to the city for the Birmingham Style Awards, celebrity retail guru Mary Portas spoke to Rachel Crow about shopping indulgence.
Super Frilly Things
November 25th 2008
Old romantic or outrageously modern? The creations of Sally Collins can be seen as either. Paul Clarke talks to the jewellery designer as the Brilliantly Birmingham festival unfolds
The Hidden Chef
November 24th 2008
As he celebrates 30 years in the kitchens of the NEC Group, Zeena Lemon talks to the maestro in charge of the Group's vast daily culinary offerings and its award-winning Group Executive Head Chef, Paul Gould
A Life in the Limelight
November 1st 2008
Sixteen years ago, Neal Foster formed Birmingham Stage Company, one of the UK's most successful regional touring companies. This November the BSC will return to the city's Old Rep theatre for their Christmas production of 'Why the Whales Came...
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