http://www.birminghammail.net/authors/ Authors en-gb Birmingham Mail no Authors Authors http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/11/26/pushkar-245-broad-street-birmingham-0121-643-7978-97319-25260877/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:05:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/11/26/pushkar-245-broad-street-birmingham-0121-643-7978-97319-25260877/ THERE is style and there is substance, but the two rarely meet. Restaurant Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-news/2009/11/26/shazma-dishes-up-the-italian-treats-97319-25260612/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:26:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-news/2009/11/26/shazma-dishes-up-the-italian-treats-97319-25260612/ DUSK is falling and scores of people are already heading home from their office jobs at Brindleyplace on a chilly midweek evening. Food and Drink News http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/11/24/why-privacy-goes-out-the-window-97319-25239753/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:36:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/11/24/why-privacy-goes-out-the-window-97319-25239753/ TO DISCUSS intimate health issues with a close friend isn’t a thing that’s easy to do. Paul Fulford http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/11/19/restaurant-review-caffe-uno-in-birmingham-97319-25206262/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:49:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/11/19/restaurant-review-caffe-uno-in-birmingham-97319-25206262/ IT’S among my most used cookery books and one that I cherish. Restaurant Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/11/17/legacy-of-terror-that-still-haunts-us-97319-25186310/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/11/17/legacy-of-terror-that-still-haunts-us-97319-25186310/ THEY were ordinary people enjoying an ordinary night out in two ordinary city centre pubs that bleak, chilly night in November 1974. Paul Fulford http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/11/14/midlands-death-coach-pair-jailed-97319-25163911/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:05:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/11/14/midlands-death-coach-pair-jailed-97319-25163911/ A MIDLAND coach driver has been jailed for five years and three months after a court heard that his out-of-control bus killed a couple as it smashed into their car. Top Stories http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/11/12/restaurant-review-chung-ying-in-chinatown-birmingham-97319-25151976/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:39:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/11/12/restaurant-review-chung-ying-in-chinatown-birmingham-97319-25151976/ MY wife was given an important task before we set off to Birmingham’s long-established Chung Ying restaurant. Restaurant Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/11/10/selfish-motorists-are-driving-me-mad-97319-25132547/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/11/10/selfish-motorists-are-driving-me-mad-97319-25132547/ THERE’S nothing wrong with Birmingham’s transport systems. Other than the people who use it. Paul Fulford http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/07/extra-poignancy-to-birmingham-remembrance-services-97319-25111087/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/07/extra-poignancy-to-birmingham-remembrance-services-97319-25111087/ REMEMBRANCE Sunday is always a time of poignancy. A time when we reflect in solemn, reverential silence on the terrible price paid by generations of servicemen and women so that this country might live in peace and freedom. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/11/05/filini-radisson-blu-hotel-holloway-circus-birmingham-654-6000-97319-25097481/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:40:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/11/05/filini-radisson-blu-hotel-holloway-circus-birmingham-654-6000-97319-25097481/ WHEN a favourite restaurant loses its chef, it’s always a time of anxiety. Restaurant Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-news/2009/11/05/quality-fast-food-is-on-right-track-97319-25097334/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:20:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-news/2009/11/05/quality-fast-food-is-on-right-track-97319-25097334/ AS YOU whizz through the countryside by train, you’ll see rolling fields swaying with crops or inhabited by grazing animals – testimony to the wealth of high quality food that’s produced in this country. Food and Drink News http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/11/03/information-but-not-as-i-know-it-97319-25079480/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:05:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/11/03/information-but-not-as-i-know-it-97319-25079480/ CONSPIRACY theories are a load of old nonsense, probably put around by the Lizard People to divert us from the indisputable fact that they assassinated President Kennedy because he was about to blow the whistle on their plan to smuggle Elvis to live on the Moon with Michael Jackson. Paul Fulford http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/maureen-messent/2009/10/30/maureen-messent-a-replacement-bnp-could-be-much-worse-97319-25046834/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/maureen-messent/2009/10/30/maureen-messent-a-replacement-bnp-could-be-much-worse-97319-25046834/ WELL, that should be it. With Nick Griffin having stumbled and dissembled before nine million viewers, the BNP will disappear. Maureen Messent http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/10/29/restaurant-review-spice-merchant-kings-heath-97319-25042803/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/10/29/restaurant-review-spice-merchant-kings-heath-97319-25042803/ AN acquaintance of mine refuses to eat lamb for no other reason than the creatures are so cuddly and cute. Restaurant Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/10/27/far-right-rule-would-deny-us-chance-to-grow-97319-25024322/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:12:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/paul-fulford/2009/10/27/far-right-rule-would-deny-us-chance-to-grow-97319-25024322/ PAY no attention to the compassion and care that Mary Seacole gave to Britain’s gravely wounded troops in the Crimea. Paul Fulford http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/24/time-to-remember-the-clocks-go-back-97319-25002893/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/24/time-to-remember-the-clocks-go-back-97319-25002893/ DON’T forget to put the clocks back an hour tonight. British Summer Time officially ends at 2am tomorrow. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/24/time-to-remember-the-clocks-go-back-97319-25002808/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/24/time-to-remember-the-clocks-go-back-97319-25002808/ DON’T forget to put the clocks back an hour tonight. British Summer Time officially ends at 2am tomorrow. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/10/22/restaurant-review-akbar-s-in-edgbaston-97319-24987581/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:51:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/2009/10/22/restaurant-review-akbar-s-in-edgbaston-97319-24987581/ A DREAD descended on me as I contemplated a meal at the newly-opened Akbar’s restaurant in Edgbaston. Restaurant Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-news/2009/10/22/unhurried-way-is-key-to-flavour-of-caribbean-cuisine-97319-24987354/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:31:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-news/2009/10/22/unhurried-way-is-key-to-flavour-of-caribbean-cuisine-97319-24987354/ POPPING out for an Indian meal is commonplace. Likewise Chinese, Thai and Italian restaurants attract diners from the wider community. Food and Drink News http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-news/2009/10/22/getting-the-taste-for-odd-flavours-97319-24987330/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:18:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-news/2009/10/22/getting-the-taste-for-odd-flavours-97319-24987330/ HANDS up if you’ve not sniggered at a connoisseur waxing lyrical about all sorts of obscure aromas and flavours said to lurk in the drink they’re sniffing, sipping and swirling extravagantly. Food and Drink News