West Midlands Blog

A new exhibition featuring highly innovative prints by Irish artist and former Wolverhampton Polytechnic student Tim Mara will go on display at Wolverhampton Art Gallery next month.

Brand-new Escape Rooms are to open at Hatton Country World near Warwick on 1 August. The Rooms have been created by Tulleys Entertainment GROUP, the brains behind the award winning and world famous Shocktober Fest

The nostalgic ‘Buses Festival’ will return to the British Motor Museum for a sixth year on Sunday 18 August. 

The 40th Warwick Folk Festival, which took place from the 25 – 28 July, attracted record numbers and featured a superb line up of folk stars from around the world including headline act, Billy Bragg.  Over 30,000 people attended a range of festival events over the 4-day weekend with the crowds enjoying a mini heatwave on the Thursday and Friday.

Movers and shakers from across the music industry turned out for the launch of Birmingham, Sandwell and Westside Jazz Festival yesterday.

The British Motor Museum is once again supporting the Stratford Festival of Motoring and displaying an iconic Mini from its collection. At this year’s Stratford Festival the Mini is taking centre-stage to celebrate its 60th anniversary with one of the streets being renamed ‘Issigonis Alley’ in honour of Mini’s designer Alec Issigonis.

The legendary Royal Enfield – the oldest motorcycle brand in the world still in production - has revved its way back to its birthplace after 56 years away.

We had arrived in Rugby via train from Birmingham New Street, the journey takes approximately the same time as it does to play one half of the eminent game that this market town gave birth to…