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MYSTERIOUS: 2 - What They Never Told You

The elephant I was riding threw me, then rolled over me like a steamroller. All my bones broke at once

Gemma Jones’s dream holiday left her with a crushed pelvis, ribs and collarbone – and changed her life for the better. Twenty years on, she remembers the attack that began with an ominous growl

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘With religion there’s not a lot of wiggle room – you’re arguing against their faith’

An atheist and a Catholic found common cause on social media, but could they settle their differences on euthanasia?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

‘A pointless exercise’: mixed feelings over Games legacy in bankrupt Birmingham

Many look back fondly on last year’s Commonwealths in city, but there are questions over its cost

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023

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Paranoid pirouettes – inside Black Sabbath: The Ballet, already a headbanging hit

Will Birmingham Royal Ballet’s near-sold-out spectacular get audiences air guitaring? Our writer dons his denim and leather tutu to meet choreographer Carlos Acosta and Sabbath legend Tony Iommi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘When he mentioned the economic benefits of the EU, my response was: for whom?’

They are both on the left, but could they agree on Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership qualities or whether Keir Starmer is an eel?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023

My big Birmingham bookshop crawl: why booksellers are suddenly thriving

In 2009, two bookshops a week were closing in the UK and the days of physical books seemed numbered. Now, indie stores are booming. What explains the turnaround – and can it be sustained?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘He supports removing the charitable status of private schools – but I think it needs a more nuanced view’

They might have agreed on Brexit, but what about the privatisation of water and education?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

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‘It cost £191 and I’ve made £1,000’: four women on the dresses making them a fortune

There has been a huge rise of peer-to-peer lending online, where people borrow clothes directly from one another. For some, it can be a lucrative side hustle and a way to pursue bigger dreams

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Mum has 'miracle' baby after brain tumour treatment that could have left her infertile

Leah Fox fell ill while on her honeymoon in Barbados

Nottingham Post · Jul 3, 2023

Rise of the robots raises a big question: what will workers do?

Rapid developments in AI are forcing managers and politicians alike to confront profound questions about the future of jobs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2023

BCMG/Wendeberg review – ‘arborescent’ choral work celebrates Birmingham’s 100,000 new trees

Sung by adults and children together, Christian Mason’s composition created beguiling textures in this performance by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023

‘People can’t just get used to it’: Wolverhampton reacts to Bank of England comments

Local authority with highest fuel poverty rate in England is angry at economist’s comment Britons ‘need to accept’ being worse off

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘He was humble enough to acknowledge the additional barriers for people of my demographic’

One is a Labour-supporting remainer. The other a Conservative who voted leave. Can they find any common ground?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023

I'm a CEO in the booming EV space–and the son of a union electrician. Here’s why I give stock options to the army of workers who install charging stations across America

Building EV infrastructure is not only about sustainability. It's also about creating new, rewarding job opportunities.

Fortune · Apr 18, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023

Scores of tourists arrive at Skomer thanks to Attenborough effect

West Wales island home to tens of thousands of puffins and shearwaters is a star of the veteran broadcaster’s new BBC series Wild Isles

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023

The week in classical: The Decision; The Dream of Gerontius; Soloists of the CBSO – review

Birmingham Opera Company regroup, and the CBSO triumph in Elgar’s great oratorio as the city’s rich musical life thrives. And shock and anger as the BBC Singers are axed

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘I think it’s an oversimplification to say the British empire was all wrong’

One is a republican and the other is a traditionalist. Will their mutual stand on Brexit save the day?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2023

Retirement boom among UK’s older workers creates economic headache

Wyre Forest in the West Midlands has seen a huge jump in the ‘economically inactive’, many of them affluent older people, but the dearth of workers is a real problem for employers

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘I don’t think we fully agreed on a definition of woke’

One is from a leftwing family but moved right; the other from a conservative background and moved left. Did that help them understand the other’s perspective?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

Irish family reveal six-year legal battle in Qatar over daughter’s severe injuries

Birmingham-based Soffe family still fighting for compensation after fire in Gulf state left Elizabeth with life-threatening burns

The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘In almost every context, her solutions were that more money should be spent’

One wants to do away with the charitable status of private schools, one doesn’t. Did they agree that taxes should be increased on second homes?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

‘We’re so busy’: Birmingham’s warm spaces fill up as winter weather bites

People struggling with rising energy bills use dozens of sites across city while council braces for increase in those seeking help

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

‘You see the lack of compassion’: anger at Tories in fuel-poor Wolverhampton

City 15 miles from Tory conference has England’s highest fuel poverty rate and is setting up warm banks for winter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022

‘There will be a lot of grief in Jamaica’: Birmingham mourners on Queen and Commonwealth

At an interfaith event in the city, the emotional and political significance of the moment was on people’s minds

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022

‘It’s not all celebratory’: five Birmingham residents on the Commonwealth

Beyond excitement for the Games, their history inspires enthusiasm and unsettling questions

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