One of the five major ballet companies of the United Kingdom
The busiest single theatre in the UK
The United Kingdom's first ever purpose-built repertory theatre
The oldest working cinema in the country
One of the most exciting conductors on Earth steering one of the best symphony orchestras
Two of the best street food venues in the land
Five Michelin stars and at least three more that deserve one
The first and only non-London Indian restaurant to win a star
The best gin bar in Britain and, coincidentally, one of the best bars in the country
The funniest and friendliest people you could ever want to meet
591 parks, 14 square miles of greenery, more than any other equivalent sized European city.
The single best square half a mile of Indian subcontinental food
Two of the very best urban music festivals for miles and miles around
A gay village and a Chinese Quarter that meshes into the same outstanding suburb
The largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom
An internationally acclaimed contemporary art venue that takes more risks than any gallery I’ve ever been to.
One of the most bohemian districts known to man and a hotbed for street art
An annual design festival that wouldn’t happen if it weren’t for the thousands of young creatives who make this city what it is
The best fried chicken restaurant outside London. Possibly inside it too.
Lycett
The only Baths in the country built before 1914 to have continuously hosted swimming since opening.
Europe's largest concentration of jewellery traders and designers
An official gayborhood alongside the likes of The Castro, San Francisco and The Marais in Paris.
The longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre companies and one of its most consistently innovative
The first music school to be established in England outside London and still one of the best
A football team challenging for the Premier League title
A La Mexicana!!
One of the best athletics stadiums in the country and the largest facility of its kind in the UK.
The National Sea Life Centre
The social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands.
The largest public library in the United Kingdom and the largest regional library in Europe.
Britain's most important Shakespeare collection
The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found, anywhere, ever
Works by Constable, Van Gogh, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Monet, Turner, Bacon, Rubens, Degas, Renoir, Botticelli, Van Dyck, Gauguin, Whistler and countless more - all FREE to see
The first building to be purpose-built for the study of art history in the United Kingdom
One of the world's largest coin collections
Symphony Hall - the finest acoustics in the United Kingdom
Snobs. Still. Somehow.
Mr Egg. Still. Somehow.
Cat Deeley.
@swiftruncoach I turn 40 next year so have in mind to run 1040 miles in the year. Also a marathon in Manchester, 12 years after my last! The dream goal would be to run a pb of some sort but by far my softest one is the marathon so there may have to be an autumn one too.
@MattAVaughan@RowanDavid I feel it kind of is still there. I've got childhood memories of being fascinated by it just being gradually filled with rubble and then paved over.
@MattAVaughan@MoseleyRdBaths Great. If a clear part of it could go out over the Moseley Road so everyone on their way to Lidl can see me wet and in my pants that would be perfect.
@MarieAnneMcQuay My only ever Scouse experience was at the bluecoat during the Emma Smith install. Was that any good? Or do I need to experience better?
This should make everyone take to their local motorway in solidarity with climate protesters. The inconvenience they’re causing is nothing in comparison to the bleak future we face. And this is happening in other nations already. All man made. All our fault