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Shake, rattle and hall... Jan 23 2009

SHE might be the grand old lady of New Street, but Birmingham’s Town Hall has never looked better.Read

Walk in the Park: Cannon Hill Park Jan 23 2009

IT’S something footballers can only dream about.Read

Banish January blues with stroll Jan 23 2009

THERE’S nothing like a good bracing walk to re-charge the batteries in winter.Read

Solihull old and new in perfect balance Jan 16 2009

SOLIHULL’S shopping centre isn’t, ordinarily, the place where you’d think of popping by for a piece of history.Read

A Walk in the Park: Brueton Park, Solihull Jan 16 2009

IT’S almost two years since I last visited this park.Read

From the school to bridge and pathway Jan 16 2009

Duration: 35 MinutesRead

Window on past survives the test Jan 09 2009

AS THE financial crisis begins to bite at companies throughout the Midlands, it’s perhaps worth remembering that many firms have already stood the test of many an uncertain time before.Read

Write stuff for children Jan 09 2009

BIRMINGHAM’S most child-friendly museum is the Pen Museum at The Argent Centre, 60 Frederick Street, Hockley, which celebrates the city’s place as the world’s former No 1 pen maker.Read

A Walk in the Car Park: Livery Street Car Park, Snow Hill Jan 09 2009

WHEN is a park not a park? Answer: when it’s a car park.Read

Cityscape and architecture treat Jan 09 2009

FOR the first column of 2009, let’s get back to the basics of what urban walking really means.Read

Give your children a light show Dec 19 2008

YOU can’t beat a good winter walk to get moving again after all the festive food.Read

Months of bliss in our green oasis Dec 19 2008

OUR Walk in the Park column has been going strong now for more than three years.Read

There's no business like snowbusiness! Dec 12 2008

HARDLY a year goes by without some chancers trying to part you from your hard-earned cash.Read

A Walk in the Park: Park Lane, Aston Dec 12 2008

YOU’D probably need a private oil well in Saudi Arabia to be able to buy anything on Park Lane in Mayfair these days.Read

Where beauty and the M6 meet Dec 12 2008

WHAT does a busy dual carriageway with choking fumes have to do with a nice, healthy walk?Read

Thomas at home in his own Manor Dec 05 2008

IT’S Thomas the Tank Engine’s first Christmas at his splendid new home in Drayton Manor Park.Read

Urban Walk: Enjoy a little ‘me’ time - ditching the car needn’t be a chore Dec 05 2008

INCORPORATING more walking into your life needn’t feel like another chore.Read

A Walk in the Park: Bordesley Middleway Dec 05 2008

THE CENTRAL reservation on one of Birmingham’s busiest city highways doesn’t sound exactly like the best place for an ideal ‘walk in the park’.Read

Getting Christmas off to a great start Nov 28 2008

THE credit crunch has halted Birmingham’s popular outdoor ice rink in its grooves.Read

A Walk in the Park: Cannon Hill Park Nov 28 2008

WITH A president elect in the US preparing for power at a time of unprecedented financial strife, we seem to be living in a world of transition.Read

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