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The Vaults, Newhall Place, Newhall Hill, Hockley

PYROMANIA isn’t, I imagine, a condition much welcomed in restaurants.Read

Shattered family ties at root of tragedies

SOME snapshots of British life never leave our brains.Read

Mailbox restaurant Ha Ha is a nice surprise

PROMISE not to tell anyone if I let you in on a secret!Read

Lord Clifden pub has one of Birmingham's best beer gardens

IT has been a pleasurable, drunken journey, but all good things come to an end and my search for a decent Birmingham beer garden is over.Read

Britons are scared stiff of making a souffle according to a recent survey

JAMIE wants you to Pass It On, Gordon wants you to Cookalong, Delia wants you to cheat and Nigella just wants you to enjoy every sinful mouthful.Read

Dudley man hits out at wheelchair access in Birmingham

WHEELCHAIR user Brendan King is challenging Birmingham’s councillors to swap places with him after a “nightmare” trip to the city’s German market.Read

Ha Ha Bar and Grill, 178-180 Wharfside Street, Mailbox

PROMISE not to tell anyone if I let you in on a secret!Read

Worcester dad 'lucky' to have twins backs campaign for more sperm donors

Dad ‘lucky’ to be parent backs campaign for more sperm donorsRead

How race can affect susceptibility to illness

Race can have big influence on susceptibility to illnessesRead

Cafe Soya II, Unit 2, The Matrix Upper Dean Street, Birmingham. 0121 622 3888

THE last time I ate here was with Bill Farnsworth, who, as former head of catering studies at University College Birmingham, is a bloke who knows a bit or two about food.Read

ON NOVEMBER 11 it will be 90 years since the Armistice that ended the First World War.

The older ones amongst us will have a very personal bond with that bloody, long-drawn out and all-encompassing conflict.Read

Showpiece of region’s top tastes

EXOTIC dishes such as mussaman gai, spicy delights like garlic chilli lamb and European classics including coq au vin with pomme puree will be on the menu when the BBC Good Food Show is staged in Birmingham this month.Read

Liaison, 1558 Stratford Road, Hall Green 0121 733 7336

THEOLOGIANS may dispute this assertion, but heaven is located in a shot glass behind a rather plain frontage on one of Birmingham’s busiest roads.Read

The Queens, Queens Hill, Belbroughton, Worcestershire. 01562 730276

PICTURE a pie and what do you see in your mind’s eye?Read

The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison Street, Digbeth

IT IS a question that has vexed me for years: how do vegetarians get fat?Read

Strada, Wharfside Street, The Mailbox

CHAIN restaurants are not my favourite places.Read

New menu is in the best of taste

CONSIDERING that Italy is a country of such culinary contrasts, it’s amazing how many identikit menus you find at Italian restaurants in the UK.Read

Isle never forget stunning Mallorca

ONE mountain range. SevenRead

Henry Wong, High Street, Harborne, 0121 427 9799

FIVE years ago, Chinese restaurants seemed to me have little appeal.Read

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