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Urban Walk: Art Deco tour sheds new light

IT’S pointless trying to work around these autumnal evenings when darkness draws so early.Read

A Walk in the Park: Highgate Park

GIVEN the extraordinary number of parks in and around Birmingham, the biggest frustration I have with this column is that I can only ever be in one place at once.Read

Light at the end of the War

EVERY year during autumn, the Mail’s Days Out column offers a suggestion as to how you can mark Remembrance Sunday.Read

Urban Walk: A spooky walk for Halloween

THERE are so many special festivities that can be enjoyed during the winter months.Read

Stately home was such a great find

WHAT sort of Days Out driver are you – one who relies on instinct, old fashioned maps or high technology?Read

A Walk in the Park: Park Central, Lee Bank

THERE’S no doubt about it – this is the single most exciting adventure playground of any park that I’ve been to in Birmingham during the four-year history of A Walk In The Park.Read

Urban Walk: Heading for the hills at Frankley

RETURNING to Frankley has been on my list for a while after having worked there for a year. I became attached to the place and the local community always greeted me with a warm smile when the local people could have chosen instead to see me as a meddling outsider. You can’t beat a walk along these hills and, as the winter draws in, I will revisit and enjoy a blustery winter charge along this beautiful setting on the edge of our city.Read

A Walk in the Park: Lavender Hall Park

EVEN though this column is now entering its fifth year there are still plenty of local parks like this one which I’ve yet to explore.Read

British Museum in London has so much to offer

EVEN in the age of the internet, the recent Staffordshire Hoard exhibition amply demonstrated that if people can get within touching distance of 1,400-year-old reality then that’s enough to generate queues round the block.Read

Alton Towers Scarefest is fun for all the family

Picture the scene, you are walking through maze of 7ft high plants in a cornfield, it’s midnight, misty and there are more than a couple of crazy zombies on the loose.Read

Days out: Spend an enchanted evening at West Midlands Safari Park

IF YOU’RE the kind of person who likes to live life so fast that it all ends up a bit of a blur – I know just the place.Read

Weekend Walk: Soaking up the colours of autumn in Kings Heath

THE past few days of autumn have truly been a pleasure. The kaleidoscope of colours that signify this time of year have been particularly vibrant in the past week.Read

Birmingham's islands of paradise - gone in the blink of an indicator

EVERY picture always tells a story – so the great and the good of Dickens Heath might want to hang their heads in shame.Read

Urban Walk: Shop until you drop on park route

IT’S just a year ago since I designed this route.Read

A Walk in the Park: Calthorpe Park and Olton Park

IT’S a rite of passage that every child goes through sooner or later... learning to ride a bicycle without stabilisers.Read

Conkers is still a hit for all the family

IF YOU were to let your children run wild in an urban setting, people would probably criticise your parenting skills.Read

Urban Walk: Walk sparks childhood memories

IN A PART of the city that is close to my heart, this walk takes me back to my childhood days when a visit to the park was a weekend treat.Read