Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 It was declared a “Muslim-only” city in a famous erroneous Fox News segment. However, since working there I’ve discovered it’s one of England’s hidden gems.

Everything changed for Birmingham with the arrival of the Commonwealth Games in 2022, the biggest in the event’s history. With athletes and delegates from 72 nations descending on the region and more ...

This past week, Birmingham, England, hosted the Back to the Beginning concert to celebrate the retirements of both Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne. But the Prince of Darkness and his band aren’t the ...

Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Napalm Death, and Godflesh are some of the most influential bands in aggressive music, and as any hesher worth their leather knows, they all hail from Birmingham, England.

The party’s gains in Britain’s most diverse major city are real, but they are not a verdict against multiculturalism.

I bought tickets to see the Dixie Chicks in Birmingham, England. On purpose. That two-word clarification proved necessary in the months before my overseas excursion. Some people were mystified, but my ...

Birmingham — the biggest British city after London — is in dire financial straits. The city’s council is one of a growing number of local government authorities in the United Kingdom making, or ...

A standoff between garbage collectors and municipal officials in Britain’s second largest city has left an estimated 17,000 tons of trash on the streets. By Stephen Castle Stephen Castle visited Small ...

When Queen Victoria traveled through Birmingham in the 19th century, she always kept the window blinds shut. Birmingham was the hub of England’s industrial revolution. It was choked with pollution. It ...

BIRMINGHAM is set to become England’s first 20mph city under controversial plans to cut speed limits across almost all of its roads. The city’s council, led by a coalition of Liberal Democrats, Greens ...