SPACE ODDITIES
From a box of prosthetic eyes to an original photo of Elvis walking stoned...
METAL GURUS
For England’s oldest family jeweller, going back over 200 years, Deakin & Francis is...
PHILIP’S BLOG 28/08/2015
SUMMER LOVE IN BIRMINGHAM: With the end of the summer holidays now in sight...
CUTTING IT FINE
To most of us, years of working in car factories might not sound like...
JEWEL PERSONALITY
Sometimes, you just have to accept that you don’t fit in. This was the...
FOOD, FOOD, FOOD
Birmingham has certainly come of age in terms of grabbing a bite to eat,...
WOMAN OF STEEL
Spending your formative years hanging out with your dad in his antiques shop is...
FRONT PAGE NEWS
We knew it was only a matter of time! Local website Brum Hour recently...
BROAD VISION
And so the winner has been announced, and here is the entry that has been...
PICTURE PERFECT PARTNERS
When photographer Marta Kochanek submitted some of her pictures to the curator of a...
PHILIP’S BLOG 10/07/2015
THE ENGINE FOR GROWTH IS STARTING TO WARM UP. The Chancellor is clearly persuading...
FULL-BODIED PASSION
Wine is many things to many people. For some, it’s an essential accompaniment to...
A TASTE FOR EVERYTHING
For most people, running a single restaurant is more than enough work, whether it’s...
PHILIP’S BLOG 01/06/2015
MAGGI J DOWN UNDER! A view of Birmingham from Down Under. I recently took...
DRIVING AMBITION
In 2004 Simone Schehtman moved away from London, relocated her go-karting business to Birmingham...