Great news booze fans: cult cocktail bar 18/81 have launched their very own ready-to-drink cocktail range under the banner 99 Forty Four – meaning you can now drink their boozy...
Lunch: the age old dilemma. You want something tasty, but also filling, but mainly tasty. Or maybe you want something healthy, that doesn’t necessarily feel that healthy (but is definitely...
And as the 112th day of January ended… February began. We joke, of course, but January does tend to feel endless. Endlessly dark, endlessly cold, endlessly trying to make those...
If You Go To See One Thing This February Make It Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake At Birmingham Hippodrome
It’s not all food porn, mouth-watering dishes and ridiculously dreamy looking drinks here at IB. We also like to hit you up with some of the best things to see...
2019 marks a rather significant milestone in the history of one of Birmingham’s longest standing independents. Birmingham Hippodrome has enjoyed a long and illustrious place in Birmingham’s independent and entertainment...
It’s no secret that we here at Independent Birmingham love our food. Whether it’s a relaxed weekend brunch, a filthy street food burger, a quick flat white and a cake...
Birmingham – a city in the midst of a revolution, an uprising of local. With new restaurants and bars opening by the score, flocking to Birmingham as if compelled by...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. You can’t step through a shop door without hearing Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” blasting out of the...
Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year and gives us a chance to be with our loved ones and show them how much we care about them with...
Grab your skis and slap on your salopettes, it’s time to hit the slopes! We’ve teamed up with Birmingham Seasonal Markets to bring you THE essential winter pop-up event of...
The clocks have gone back, the nights are drawing in, and the cold weather has returned. It must be November. While some people’s attentions are turning to Christmas (we’re allowed...
1918 was the year that women finally won the right to vote in the UK for the first time (albeit women over 30 who fit certain property requirements, but it...