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Kind words and a gun

Birmingham Gun makers embrace mechanisation, which ultimately leads to their demise.

• 5 mins

Bleeding Birmingham

Post war government take a hundred thousand jobs away from Birmingham

• 7 mins

Ozzy’s Corner Cupboard

The British Empire is on the decline, while immigration to Birmingham is on the rise.

• 16 mins

Why Telly Savalas loves Birmingham

How Birmingham’s ring road became a concrete collar preventing the city’s growth.

• 4 mins

The people will always need custard

In Westminster, politicians argue that...

• 6 mins

The wind of change

Birmingham’s car industry leads to a loss of jobs as Leyland collapses at Longbridge.

• 4 mins

Handsworth on fire

Unemployment, crime and disillusionment are running high in the inner city.

• 8 mins

If you had one shot

The Highbury Initiative gives Birmingham a chance to reinvent itself.

• 8 mins

It wasn’t easy to build the Bullring

Can Birmingham rise from the challenges of the pandemic?

• 10 mins