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Birmingham – The New York Times’ 19th best destination of 2012

January 7, 2012 by Chris Unitt

Birmingham made it to number 19 in The New York Times’ list of 45 Places to Go in 2012. Here’s the entry: Olive, the BBC’s food magazine, recently startled British gourmands when it declared Birmingham, England’s second largest city, the United Kingdom’s “foodiest town,” ahead of London and Edinburgh. The award came last October, just as Birmingham … [Read more…]

Brum on the telly box

January 6, 2010 by Chris Unitt

There’s been a spate of Birmingham sightings on primetime TV recently. Partly this is due to some efforts by Screen WM (and others, I imagine) to get some more filming done up here, partly it’s due to the fact that there are some darn fine restaurants in the city these days. The new series of … [Read more…]